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PREPARED   BY 

GEOEGE   E.   HARDY 

PEINCIPAL  GRAMMAR  SCHOOL  NO.  82,  NEW  YORK  CITY,  AND  CHAIRMAN  OF  THE  COM- 
MITTEE ON  LITERATURE  OF  THE  NEW  YORK  STATE  TEACHERS'  ASSOCIATION 


'  Sublimest  danger  over  which  none  weeps, 
When  any  young  wayfaring:  soul  goes  forth 
Alone,  unconscious  of  the  periloiis  road. 
The  day  sun  dazzling  in  his  limpid  eyes, 
To  thrust  his  way,  he  an  alien,  through 
The  world  of  books  1 " 

—Mrs.  Browning. 


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NEW  YORK 

CHARLES    SCRIBNER'S    SONS 

1892 


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Copyright,  1892,  by 
GEORGE    E.   HARDY 


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TROW   DIRECTORY 

PRINTING  AND   BOOKBINDING  COMPANY 

NEW  YORK 


NEW  YORK  STATE  TEACHERS'  ASSOCIATION 

Forty -seventh  Annual  Meeting. 

Saratoga  Springs,  July,  1893. 

the  report  of  the  special  committee. 

Your  Special  Committee  appointed  to  review  the  report  of  the  ' '  Com- 
mittee on  Literature  "  would  respectfully  submit  the  following  to  the 
Association  : 

First  :  That  after  a  careful  examination  of  the  advance  sheets  of  the 
volume  entitled  "  Five  Hundred  Books  for  the  Young,"  prepared  by  Mr. 
George  E.  Hardy,  of  New  York  City,  Chairman  of  the  Committee  on 
Literature,  we  find  it  an  aid  of  the  greatest  value  to  parents  and  teachers 
in  determining  and  directing  the  course  of  reading  for  children  on  ac- 
count of  the  discriminating  judgment  of  the  author  and  the  high  charac- 
ter of  the  books  selected. 

Second  :  That  in  our  opinion  it  is  the  most  complete  work  of  its  kind 
that  has  yet  been  published,  and  commends  itself  as  a  most  important 
contribution  to  the  efibrts  that  are  being  made  for  the  improvement  of 
the  character  of  reading  for  children. 

Third  :  That  we  most  heartily  recommend  to  the  Association  that  it 

shall  give  its  full  endorsement  to  this  volume,  and  thus  recognize  in  a 

proper  manner  the  great  value  of  the  work  and  the  efficient  services  of  its 

author. 

Joiix  M.  Milne, 

John  Kennedy, 

Augustus  S.  Downing. 

The  above  report  was  unanimously  adopted  by  New  York  State 
Teachers'  Association. 

Well  AND  Hendrick,  Secretary. 
July  9,  1893. 


NEW  JERSEY  STATE  TEACHERS'  ASSOCIATION 

Anmoal  Meeting,  July,  1893. 
AsBURY  Park,  N.  J. 

The  Committee  on  Resolutions  reported  : 

The  Committee  to  whom  advance  sheets  of  Mr.  Hardy's  volume,  en- 
titled "  Five  Hundred  Books  for  the  Young,"  have  been  submitted,  cor- 
dially recommend  the  same  for  the  endorsement  of  the  Association, 
as  being  a  valuable  aid  to  both  teachers  and  parents  in  the  selection  of 
proper  reading  matter  for  children  of  all  ages. 

John  Terhdne, 

Geo.  G.  Ryan, 

Edward  Kelly,  >  Committee. 

S.   V.   Arrow  SMITH, 

J.  W.  Kenedy, 

The  above  report  was  unanimously  adopted  by  the  New  Jersey  State 
Teachers'  Association,  July  3,  1892. 

J.  H.  HuLSART,  Secretary. 


CONTENTS 


Introduction, 

General  Literature,  Including  Poetry, 
History  and  Biography,    .... 
Geography,  Travels,  and  Adventures, 
The  Arts  and  the  Sciences,     . 


Fiction, 


Fairy  Tales  and  Mythology, 

Miscellany, 

Index  to  Authors, 


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UNIVERSITY  j 

Il^TRODUOTION 


One  afternoon,  some  ten  years  ago,  I  was  sitting  in  the 
class-room  j)lanning  the  work  of  the  morrow,  when  my 
glance  fell  upon  a  "  Half-Dime  Library  "  lying  on  the 
desk,  which  had  been  taken  from  one  of  the  pupils  during 
the  course  of  the  day.  It  was  not  the  first  of  such  pub- 
lications, probably  by  many  hundreds,  that  had  thus 
found  their  way  into  my  hands  to  be  afterward  destroyed. 
Among  my  boys  it  was  generally  understood  that  all  such 
literature  when  found  in  use  during  school-hours  was 
contraband,  and  as  such  was  subject  to  confiscation  and 
destruction.  Beyond  this,  little  or  nothing  was  done  in 
school  to  prevent  the  reading  of  these  books  by  the  pupils, 
or  to  cultivate  and  direct  their  taste  in  reading.  Indeed, 
if  the  truth  were  but  known,  it  would  have  appeared  that 
their  teacher,  in  company  with  a  goodly  number  of  his 
guild,  had  much  of  secret  sympathy  with  the  ecstasies  of 
admiration  into  which  the  youthful  reader  was  so  fre- 
quently thrown  at  the  contemplation  of  the  dazzling 
exploits  of  Mr.  Deadwood  Dick  and  other  marauding 
gentry  of  the  same  adventurous  turn  of  mind  ;  for  had 
not  we  of  an  earher  generation  been  devotees  at  similar 
shrines  ? 

Certainly  in  my  own  case  it  was  a  fact  beyond  perad- 
venture  that  I  had  once  been  on  terms  the  most  intimate 
with  crowds  of  the  masterly  creations  of  S^ivanus  Cobb, 
Jr.,  of  that  erudite  "Professor  of  History  in  the  Uni- 
versity of  Louisiana,"  William  Henry  Peck,  and  of  Dr. 


2  FIVE  HUNDRED  BOOKS 

J.  H.  Robinson,  the  peerless  author  of  "Nick  Whiffles, 
the  Trapper  Guide  of  the  Northwest,"  a  most  fascinating 
serial  romance,  whose  enduring  popularity  was  testified 
to  by  the  fact  that  in  my  day  alone  it  was  repubhshed 
no  less  than  three  times  in  the  columns  of  the  New  York 
Weekly.  Eegularly  every  week  in  those  Arcadian  days  If 
used  to  read  the  New  York  Ledger,  the  New  York  Weekly, 
the  Boys'  and  Girls'  Weekly,  and  less  frequently,  but  jus'; 
as  often  as  I  possibly  could,  the  Chimney  Corner  and 
the  old  Wavei^ley  Magazine.  Many  were  the  delightful 
opportunities  thus  afforded  me  to  bivouac  on  the  bound- 
less plains  of  the  Far  West  in  company  with  dashing 
Ned  Buntline  ;  tears  a  plenty  I  was  always  shedding  ovei 
the  woes  of  Lena  Rivers  and  all  the  other  depressing 
offsprings  of  Mrs.  Mary  J.  Holmes'  genius  ;  and  iox 
more  than  six  months  at  a  stretch  I  had  followed,  in 
weekly  instalments,  the  bewildering  intricacies  of  "  Out 
of  the  Depths,"  a  powerful  serial  written  by  a  most  prO' 
lific  yet  blameless  gentlewoman,  she  of  the  many  initials, 
Mrs.  E.  D.  E.  N.  Southworth. 

Jack  Harkaway,  in  school  and  out,  was  my  idol,  and  J 
followed  the  astonishing  career,  from  start  to  finish,  oi 
that  ingenious  young  gentleman  with  feelings  of  un- 
disguised admiration  and  envy.  Serial  literature  did 
not,  however,  engross  my  entire  leisure  hours.  Books 
that  Dr.  Johnson  said  could  be  held  readily  in  the 
hand,  possessed  the  same  charm  for  me  that  they  did 
for  the  doctor,  and  it  was  with  pardonable  pride  that 
I  could  point  to  a  muster-roll  of  several  hundreds  of 
Messrs.  Munro's  and  Beadle's  gray  and  terracotta 
covered  publications,  the  chef  d'oeuvres  of  which  I  had 
read  and  re-read  many  times. 

Often,  w^hen  stretched  on  my  trundle-bed  after  having 
drunk  deep  at  these  Pierian  springs,  did  I  ponder  in  the 
stilly  night  on  the  practicabihty  of  an  immediate  entrance 


INTRODUCTION  3 

upon  the  prosperous  career  which  had  given  deathless 
fame  to  Claude  Duval  and  Three-Fingered  Jack  ;  and 
many  were  the  solemn  conclaves  held  by  two  other  kin- 
dred spirits  and  myself  over  the  feasibility  of  seizing  a 
certain  brick  schooner,  hailing  from  Haverstraw,  but  just 
then  being  peacefully  unloaded  at  a  North  River  pier. 
Having  overpowered  the  crew  we  were  to  hoist  the  black 
flag,  and  sail  away  with,  as  well  as  I  can  remember,  "  a 
wet  sheet  and  a  flowing  bowl "  to  the  Spanish  Main.  We 
called  ourselves  at  that  time  the  "  Mystic  League,"  and 
had  a  most  distressingly  intricate  series  of  passwords, 
grips,  and  all  the  other  regulation  paraphernalia  of  an 
oath-bound  secret  society,  the  degrees  of  which  we 
"worked  "  just  as  seriously  as  certain  grown-up  men  are 
doing  to-day. 

Why  we  finally  abandoned  these  deeds  of  high  emprise, 
and  accepted  without  a  murmur  the  dreary  monotony  of 
our  Jin-de-siecle  realism,  is  not  quite  clear  to  me  at  this 
late  day,  although  I  have  vague  recollections  of  a  serious 
rupture  and  subsequent  strained  relations,   among   the 
members   of  the   "  Mystic  League,"  over  the  permanent 
location  of  our  pirates'  lair,  and,   incidentally,  over  the 
disposition  of  the  captive  crew.     Two  of  us  were  unre- 
servedly of  the  opinion  that  every  mother's  son  of  the 
yet-to-be-captured  crew — some  five  in  number— should 
walk  the  plank,  in  the  most  approved  manner,  and  then 
boldly  flying  the  '' Jolly  Roger,"  we  should  set  out  at 
once  on  a  long  cruise  to  the  low  latitudes  in  search  of 
Spanish  galleons,  pausing  on  the  way  only  long  enough 
to  pillage  a  few  towns  with  Spanish  names  that  we  had 
discovered  in  an  atlas  of  the  West  Indies.   The  other  mem- 
ber of  the  "  Mystic  League,"  with  a  wisdom  far  beyond  the 
years  of  a  bloodthirsty  boy  of  twelve,  was  strongly  of  the 
opinion  that,   having  overpowered  the  crew,  we   should 
force  them,  at  the  revolver's  mouth,  to  work  the  vessel ; 


4  FIVE  HUNDRED  BOOKS 

and  in  view  of  the  uncertainty  of  Spanish  galleons  fre- 
quenting the  Gulf  of  Mexico  to  the  extent  they  did  in 
the  days  of  Sir  Francis  Drake  and  other  licensed  ruf- 
fians of  the  sixteenth  century,  he  thought  we  had  better 
establish  our  lair  in  the  vicinity  of  Fort  Lee,  so  as  to 
be  within  easy-reaching  distance  of  our  homes  should 
stress  of  fortune  ever  constrain  us  to  resort  to  such  a 
refuge. 

But  while  the  rare  pleasure  of  poking  a  flint-lock  pistol 
into  the  faces  of  belated  travellers  on  Hounslow  Heath, 
or  of  notching  on  our  rifles  the  number  of  redskins 
whom  we  were  to  send  red-handed  to  the  happy  hunt- 
ing-grounds could  no  longer  be  ours,  yet  it  must  be 
confessed  that  happiness  was  still  to  be  found  in  the 
stories  of  a  brilliant  galaxy  of  raconteurs,  who  kept  on 
weekly  tap  much  that  made  oar  prosaic  lives  endurable. 

Roger  Starbuck,  Captain  Ingraham,  Oil  Coomes, 
Bracebridge  Hemyngs,  May  Agnes  Fleming,  were  but  a 
few  of  the  literary  luminaries  in  whose  genial  warmth  we 
could  "  loaf  and  invite  our  souls."  "  Ah  !  there  were 
giants  in  those  days,"  I  sighed,  as  in  my  revery  I 
watched  the  Homeric  shades  of  these  departed  worthies 
stalk  silently  past  me  out  into  the  vast  beyond.  Once 
these  were  thy  gods,  O  Israel!  But  nowadays— e/iew, 
fugaces — the  fickle  world  knows  them  not,  and  their 
works  have  long  since  passed  into  the  limbo  of  for- 
gotten books. 

Such  were  my  thoughts  on  that  afternoon  of  long  ago 
as  my  eyes  fell  upon  the  soiled  and  tattered  "  library  " 
lying  on  my  desk  ;  and  I  recalled  with  something  akin 
to  pain  the  eager  face,  and  mute  reproachful  eyes  of  the 
little  victim  whom  I  had  so  ruthlessly  despoiled  of  his 
literary  treasure.  So  full  of  sympathy  was  I  with  the 
memories  of  my  boyish  past,  that  on  this  particular 
afternoon  I  did  what  I  had  not  dreamed  of  doing  in  half 


INTRODUCTION  5 

a  score  of  years  before-I  picked  up  the  tattered  volume 
and  addressed  myself  seriously  to  the  task  of  reading  it. 
It  took  me  over  an  hour  to  read  the  book,  and ''the 
long  shadows  of  a  late  September  afternoon  were  falling 
athwart  the  empty  benches  when  I  had  finished  the  last 
words  of  the  miserably  printed  pages.     My  whole  temper 
and  frame  of  mind  had  undergone  a  change  in  this  time, 
and  I  now  seemed  to  see  shadows,  longer  and  darker  than 
those  cast  by  the  setting  sun,   falling  across  the  Httle 
ones  who  on  the  morrow  would  fill  those  empty  benches. 
For  the  first  time  I  began  to  realize  what  a  wretched 
change  had  been  wrought  since  I  was  a  boy  in  the  char- 
acter of  the  reading  matter  offered  to  children.     Then 
it  was  none  too  good,  beyond  a  doubt ;  but  although  ex- 
travagantly absurd   and   ludicrously   improbable,  ""l   do 
not  recall  that  it  was  ever  meanly,  pitifully  vicious.     In 
the    story   printed  and  purveyed    especiaUy   for  youno- 
boys  which  I  had  just  finished,  I  had  read  of  nothing 
but  vulgar  descriptions  of  the  sordid  lives  and  experi"- 
ences  of  New  York's  -  submerged  tenth."     The  scene  of 
the  story  was   laid  in  and  about  the  Bowery,  and  its 
characters  lived,  moved,  and  had  their  being  in'the  dens 
of   vice   that   line    the    streets   leading   to   that   brazen 
thoroughfare.     The  hero  was  a  profane,  shoulder-hittino- 
tough  with  scarcely  one   redeeming  quality,   while  the 
heroine  was  simply  a  prostitute,  given  at  times  to  spasms 
of  hystencal  virtue.     The  other  characters  were  selected 
from  the  motley  crowds  that  throng  the  Bowery  on  any 
Satui^day  night,  and  through  all  the  scenes  there  stalked 
a  vulgar  caricature  of  an  impossible  detective.     Farther 
examination  of  other  -  libraries  "  convinced  me  that  such 
characters  and  incidents  were  no  novelties  in  half-dime  lit- 
erature.    I  could  refer  my  readers  to  a  score  of  such  per- 
nicious volumes  if  I  cared  to  give  them  and  their  villain- 
ous authors  and  publishers  a  gratuitous  advertisement. 


6  FIVE  HUNDRED  BOOKS 

Not  long  afterward  I  entered  my  class-room  during 
the  noonday  recess,  and  found  one  of  my  brightest  boys, 
a  precocious  lad  of  twelve,  so  absorbed  in  the  reading  of 
a  book  as  to  be  perfectly  oblivious  of  my  presence. 
Upon  inquiry  the  interesting  volume  proved  to  be 
Eugene  Sue's  "  Mysteries  of  Paris,"  which  my  pupil  had 
procured  from  a  well-known  circulating  library  of  the 
city,  whence  he  had  already  obtained  and  read  a  most 
entertaining  series  of  books,  which  included  such  ethical 
masterpieces  as  the  younger  Dumas'  "  Camille "  and 
the  "Mysteries  of  the  Court  of  George  IV.,"  by  G.  W. 
M.  Reynolds,  a  sensational  and  erotic  writer  happily  no 
longer  in  vogue.  This  is  hardl}^  the  place  to  elaborate 
on  the  many  evils  resulting  from  the  reading  of  vicious 
literature.  Instances  of  the  mental  and  moral  degrada- 
tion resulting  from  the  reading  of  this  literary  garbage 
are  unhappily  only  too  frequent  in  every  teacher's  expe- 
rience. To  measure  the  silent  influence  of  such  per- 
nicious reading  is  an  impossibility  ;  for  when  youthful 
innocence  has  once  been  defiled  by  such  vile  productions, 
who  can  measure  the  gradual  disintegration  of  character 
that  follows  the  reading  of  foul  literatui'e,  as  certainly  as 
the  night  follows  the  day.     Well  may  the  Laureate  sing  : 

"Feed  the  budding  rose  of  boyhood  with  tlie  draiiicage  of  your 
sewer  ; 
Send  the  drain  into  the  fountain,  lest  the  stream  should  issue 


"  Do  your  best  to  charm  the   worst,  to  lower  the   rising  race   of 
men  ; 
Have  we  risen  from  the  beast,  then  back  into  the  beast  again  !  " 

The  following  lay  sermon  which  Mr.  Justice  Depue  de- 
livered recently  to  the  Essex  County  Grand  Jury,  con- 
vened in  the  Court  of  Oyer  and  Terminer  at  Newark,  is 
valuable  as  the  deliberate  expression  by  a  judicial  ob- 


INTRODUCTION  7 

server  of  the  proceedings  in  our  criminal  courts,  and  as 
such  is  worthy  of  the  careful  attention  of  all  thoughtful 
men  and  women,  Avhether  parents  or  teachers  : 

"  Gentlemen,"  said  the  learned  Judge,  "  I  desire  to 
make  a  few  observations  in  regard  to  a  case  that  was 
tried  here  during  the  last  term,  a  case  in  which  a  boy  of 
the  age  of  sixteen  was  convicted  of  murder  in  the  first  de- 
gree for  killing  a  man  whom  he  had  attempted  to  rob. 

"  The  case  has  attracted  a  great  deal  of  public  atten- 
tion from  the  character  of  the  literature  in  which  that 
boy  was  educated — half-dime  libraries.  I  never  saw  a 
copy  of  one  until  I  saw  it  during  the  trial  of  the  case, 
when  several  were  produced.  It  is  apparent  that  it  is 
the  most  pernicious  literature  that  can  possibly  get  into 
the  hands  of  children.     Men  would  avoid  it. 

"  I  am  not  aware  of  any  law  that  would  warrant  the 
indictment  of  any  of  the  books  that  I  have  seen  ;  but  at 
the  next  term,  if  I  can  find  any  of  those  books  that  come 
within  the  scope  of  the  law,  I  shall  ask  the  Grand  Jury 
to  indict. 

*'  I  find  from  information  that  upward  of  twenty  per- 
sons in  this  city  are  engaged  in  the  sale  of  this  sort  of 
literature,  and  that  it  is  sold  to  boys  and  girls — school- 
boys and  school-girls.  And  I  have  also  obtained  an  esti- 
mate from  a  very  authoritative  source  of  the  relative  ages 
of  persons  who  are  brought  before  our  police  courts  for 
offences  involving  stealing,  attempts  to  rob,  and  crimes 
of  that  character,  and  I  will  take  the  opportunity  of 
mentioning  the  figures  now  : 

"  Persons  charged  with  larceny  combined  with  break- 
ing and  entering,  or  entering  with  intent — that  is  a  high 
crime — under  the  age  of  18  years,  thirty  per  cent.  ;  be- 
tween 18  and  23,  sixty  per  cent ,  making  ninety  per 
cent,  ;  over  23,  ten  per  cent.     For  simple  larceny  which 


8  FIVE  HUNDRED  BOOKS 

involves  the  same  grade  of  crime — being  petty  or  grand 
larceny  according  to  the  amount — under  18,  sixty  per 
cent.  ;  between  18  and  23,  thirty  per  cent.  ;  over  23,  ten 
per  cent. — cases  of  simple  larceny  being  considerably  the 
most  numerous. 

"  It  is  safe  to  say  that  of  the  persons  charged  with  some 
form  of  stealing,  over  60  per  cent,  are  under  the  age  of 
18  years ! 

"  Now,  it  is  possible  that  there  may  be  some  method 
of  controlling  the  sale  of  this  literature,  especially  to 
children,  by  the  powers  that  I  understand  are  vested  in 
the  Board  of  Education.  At  all  events,  I  desire  to  caU 
public  attention  to  the  subject,  in  order  that  public  in- 
terest may  be  aroused  to  protect  young  people  from  this 
class  of  literature.  K  any  case  had  been  brought  before 
me  and  I  had  opportunity  to  look  it  up,  I  should  have 
asked  you  to  stay  longer,  inasmuch  as  I  consider  this  a 
matter  of  so  much  public  importance.  But  a  great  deal 
may  be  done  from  the  publicity  w^hich  may  be  given  to 
the  facts  I  have  mentioned,  especially  in  bringing  the 
matter  to  the  attention  of  all  who  are  interested  in  chil- 
dren ;  and  you  all  know  they  are  to  be  the  men  of  the 
next  generation. 

"  I  hope  that  the  remarks  I  have  made  will  not  fail  to 
be  a  subject-matter  of  attention  by  the  next  Grand  Jury." 

As  one  result  of  my  excursion  into  modern  literature 
for  children,  I  set  to  w^ork  at  once  to  build  up  a  class  li- 
brary and  through  it  to  make  an  effort  to  direct  the  pupils' 
reading.  Eealizing  from  the  outset  that  the  secret  of 
the  success  of  all  such  wretched  stories  as  the  "  library" 
I  had  JQst  read  was  due  as  much  to  the  rapidity  of  their 
action  and  the  frequency  and  exciting  character  of  their 
dialogue  as  to  anything  else,  I  deemed  it  best  at  the  out- 
set to  substitute  the  works  of  Oliver  Optic,  Harry  Castle- 


INTRODUCTION  9 

mon,  and  Horatio  Alger,  Jr.,  with  their  wholesome  tone 
and  quick  succession  of  incidents,  for  the  lucubrations  of 
"Peter Pad,"  "  Old  Sleuth,"  "  Cap  Collier,"  and  the  other 
distinguished  members  of  the  "  half-dime "  fraternity. 
It  was  not  long  before  the  other  teachers  of  the  school 
fell  in  line  with  this  idea  :  St.  Nicholas  and  Harper's 
Young  Folks  were  also  procured,  and  in  an  encouragingly 
short  time  a  better,  and  just  as  interesting  a  literature, 
was  eagerly  sought  and  enjoyed  by  hundreds  of  our 
pupils. 

In  the  course  of  a  few  years  my  little  class  library  of 
not  quite  a  hundred  books  became  the  nucleus  of  the  li- 
brary of  my  present  school,  numbering  now  over  five  hun- 
dred volumes.  By  having  boys  of  various  ages  through- 
out the  school  write  criticisms  of  new  books  along  certain 
lines — a  suggestion  which  I  borrowed  from  the  "Colum- 
bian Reading  Union  "  of  New  York — by  closely  watching 
the  volumes  called  for,  by  noting  the  predilection  of 
certain  grades  for  certain  books,  and  by  dint  of  persist- 
ent questioning  of  the  boys  themselves,  I  gradually  got  to 
know  something  of  the  tastes  and  preferences  of  boys, 
and  to  reahze  fully  the  inestimable  value  of  a  well-selected 
and  judiciously  handled  school  library,  not  only  as  an 
important  factor  in  class-work,  but  also,  what  is  of  far 
greater  importance  to  the  community  and  the  State,  as 
a  most  effective  aid  to  the  building  of  character. 

In  1889  an  opjDortunity  was  offered  me  of  putting  the 
knowledge  thus  obtained  to  some  practical  use  outside 
of  my  own  school.  In  July  of  that  year  I  was  invited  to 
read  a  paper  on  "  The  School  Library  "  before  the  New 
York  State  Teachers'  Association  convened  in  Brooklyn. 
One  result  of  the  reading  of  this  paper  was  the  immedi- 
ate formation  in  the  Association  of  a  "Committee  on 
Reading,"  which  was  to  report  on  the  condition  of  read- 
ing in  the  public  schools,  and  to  offer  such  suggestions 


10  FIVE  HUNDRED  BOOKS 

as  would  tend  to  its  improvement.  As  chairman  of  this 
Committee  I  made  my  report  to  the  Association  at  its 
meeting  in  Saratoga  in  the  following  year,  and  two 
thousand  copies,  under  the  title  of  "  What  Shall  our 
Children  Eead  ? "  were  distributed  by  the  Executive 
Committee  throughout  the  State.  Before  the  Convention 
adjourned  the  following  resolution  had  been  adopted  : 

''Resolved,  That  a  Committee  on  Literature  be  ap- 
pointed by  the  President  for  a  term  of  three  years.  The 
duties  of  this  Committee  shall  be  to  prepare  suitable 
graded  lists  of  proper  reading  matter  for  children,  to 
review  current  juvenile  works,  to  prepare  and  circulate 
leaflets  on  reading  for  the  young,  and  to  aid  in  ever}-  way 
this  Association  in  its  efforts  to  cultivate  in  our  young 
people  the  taste  for  the  reading  of  good  hterature." 

I  was  again  honored  by  the  Association  in  being  made 
chairman  of  the  "  Committee  on  Literatm-e,"  and  at  once 
set  to  work  upon  the  task  of  preparing  the  graded  hsts 
mentioned  in  the  resolutions.  The  scheme  was  an  am- 
bitious one,  and  the  attempt  to  realize  it  soon  disclosed 
the  fact  that  much  more  time  and  labor  were  involved  in 
the  preparation  of  the  list  than  would  appear  at  first 
sight,  as  all  who  have  ever  attempted  the  preparation  of 
similar  lists  can  testify  to  their  sorrow. 

On  January  1st,  I  mailed  five  hundred  copies  of  the 
following  circular  to  all  the  leading  hbrarians,  publishers, 
and  school  superintendents  throughout  the  country,  and 
notices  of  it  appeared  in  most  of  the  principal  educa- 
tional journals  : 

"  The  New  York  State  Teachers'  Association,  in  its 
efforts  to  offer  some  effective  resistance  to  the  rapidly  in- 
creasing supply  of  worthless  publications  purveyed  es- 


mTRODUCTION  11 

pecially  for  children,  has  organized  a  '  Committee  on 
Literature,'  which  will  hereafter  take  its  place  as  one  of 
the  standing  committees  of  the  Association.  The  com- 
mittee will  devote  itself  to  the  cultivation  in  our  young 
people  of  the  taste  for  good  literature  ;  its  present  '  plan 
of  campaign '  is  to  increase  and  multiply  in  every  way  the 
child's  opportunities  for  reading  the  best  books.  In  the 
development  of  this  plan  the  committee  has  in  view : 
1st,  The  preparation  of  leaflets  on  reading  for  the  young. 
2d,  The  formation  and  proper  use  of  school  libraries.  3d, 
The  reviewing  and  classifying  of  recent  juvenile  w^orks. 
4th,  The  preparation  of  lists  of  suitable  books — books  of 
fiction,  history,  travel,  biography,  and  popular  science — 
so  classified  that  the  busy  teacher  will  be  enabled  to 
select  at  a  glance  choice  reading  matter  for  each  of  his 
school  grades. 

"  To  complete  the  programme  thus  outlined  is  a  work 
too  ambitious  for  the  committee  to  attempt  at  present. 
As  an  initial  step  the  committee  proposes  to  issue,  in 
time  for  the  next  Convention,  a  little  book,  in  which 
an  effort  will  be  made  to  classify  some  of  the  works  of 
literature  according  to  the  standards  of  grading  now  in 
current  use  in  the  schools,  and  thus  furnish  to  teachers 
a  list  of  literary  masterpieces  w^hich  can  either  sei*ve  as 
reading  matter  for  their  classes  or  be  used  as  alternates 
with  the  regular  reading-books  of  the  grade. 

''  Such  a  list  of  books  has  already  been  prepared,  and 
it  is  now  deemed  advisable  to  subject  this  list  to  an  ex- 
tanded  comparison  with  other  lists  for  the  purpose  of 
perfecting  it,  and  also  of  including  in  it  as  many  addi- 
tional books  as  may  be  practicable.  The  method  of  grad- 
ing adopted  in  this  list  is  that  followed  in  the  ordinary 
series  of  School  Readers,  and  books  will  be  classified  as 
alternates  for  the  First,  Second,  Third,  Fourth,  Fifth, 
and  Sixth  Eeaders. 


13  FIVE  HUNDRED  BOOKS 

"  The  great  practical  importance  of  such  a  graded  list 
must  be  recognized  by  every  parent,  teacher,  and  libra- 
rian who  has  given  the  matter  any  serious  attention.  It 
is  in  consideration  of  this  fact  that  you  are  earnestly  re- 
quested to  co-operate  with  the  committee  by  sending  to 
its  chairman,  at  your  earliest  convenience,  any  list  of 
books,  graded  or  otherwise,  which  you  have  found  ser- 
viceable in  this  work,  together  with  such  hints  or  com- 
ments as  your  experience  may  suggest. 

"Corresi3ondence  is  cordially  invited,  and  all  contribu- 
tions will  be  promptly  acknowledged.'' 

Something  less  than  ninety  answers  were  received,  a 
disappointing  result  when  the  importance  of  the  work 
and  the  number  of  circulars  sent  out  are  borne  in  mind. 
About  twenty  lists  came  to  hand,  some  few  of  which 
were  excellent,  while  most  of  the  others  were  almost 
valueless  for  the  end  in  view.  Fortunately,  the  plan  of 
the  list  had  been  completely  outlined,  and  the  largest 
part  of  the  work  accomplished  before  the  circulars  were 
sent  out  ;  otherwise  the  long  and  tedious  task  of  compil- 
ing this  list  could  not  have  been  finished  in  time  for  the 
Convention. 

JVleagre  and  disappointing  as  were  the  returns,  it  is 
but  fair  to  state  that  much  valuable  assistance  was  re- 
ceived from  some  of  my  correspondents  and  their  lists, 
and  I  take  this  oj^portunity  of  thanking  them  all  again 
for  their  courtesy  and  trouble. 

The  general  plan  attempted  in  this  list  is  an  experi- 
mental one,  no  previous  list,  to  my  knowledge,  ha^"ing 
been  prepared  on  exactly  the  same  lines.  The  grouping  of 
subjects  under  the  seven  general  headings  of  "  Arts  and 
Sciences,"  "Fairy  Tales  and  Mythology,"  "Fiction," 
"  General  Literature,  including  Poetry,"  "  Geograj^hy, 
Travel,  and  Adventure,"  "History  and  Biography,"  and 


INTRODUCTION  13 

^''  Miscellany,"  while  not  entirely  new  is  yet  an  attempt 
to  simplify  and  group  related  subjects.  For  instance, 
biographies  and  historical  works  are  grouped  together, 
and  under  the  heading  of  "Fiction"  are  included  all 
those  stories  which  in  many  lists  go  masquerading  un- 
der the  title  of  "  Historical  Fiction."  Under  the  several 
subdivisions  of  each  general  heading  the  titles  of  the 
books  are  arranged  alphabetically,  thus  insuring  a  ready 
reference  to  them,  excepting  in  the  case  of  "  History 
and  Biography,'"'  where  a  chronological  arrangement  has 
been  attempted. 

The  most  important  feature  of  the  list  is  the  effort 
that  has  been  made  to  apportion  all  the  books  classified 
to  a  definite  grade  of  class-work,  based  on  the  one  stand- 
ard of  grading  uniformly  recognized  throughout  the 
United  States.  The  plan  attempted  in  some  lists  of 
grading  books  according  to  the  ages  of  the  supposed 
readers  seems  to  me  to  be  a  defective  one,  inasmuch  as 
it  is  the  most  common  of  all  class-room  experiences  to 
discover  that  there  are  precocious  lads  of  ten,  and  dolt- 
ish dullards  of  sixteen,  with  a  most  exasperatingly  un- 
even variety  of  intellectual  ups  and  downs  between 
these  age  limits.  The  method  of  grading  followed  in 
this  list  is  far  from  being  a  hard-and-fast  one.  An  ex- 
amination of  the  seven  and  a  half  years'  course  of  study 
provided  for  the  New  York  schools  will  show  how  elastic 
such  a  scheme  of  grading  really  is.  For  instance,  in  this 
course  of  study  we  find  the  Third  Header  prescribed  for 
the  second  term  of  the  third  year  of  school,  and  also  for 
the  first  and  second  terms  of  the  fourth  year  of  school ; 
the  Fourth  Reader  is  prescribed  for  both  terms  of  the 
fifth  year  and  for  the  first  term  of  the  sixth  year,  and  so 
on,  different  reading-books  being  required,  however,  for 
each  term. 

The  task   of  assigning  the  books  to  their  respective 


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grades  has  been  a  very  trying  one.  The  great  majority 
of  the  volumes  graded  I  have  personally  examined  and 
listed  ;  a  few  I  have  taken  on  the  recommendation  of 
those  in  whose  judgment  I  have  had  confidence,  while 
the  others  have  been  examined  under  my  direction  by 
methods  referred  to  elsewhere. 

The  work  of  selection  has  been  made  in  a  most 
catholic  spirit  ;  it  may  be  that  some  of  my  more  austere 
critics  in  glancing  over  the  books  listed  will  pronounce 
it  too  catholic.  Such  a  criticism  in  these  days  of  varied 
tastes  is  preferable  to  the  statement  that  the  range  of 
books  listed  has  been  confined  within  too  narrow  limits. 
My  own  personal  preference  would  incline  me  to  a  much 
smaller  Hst  ;  but  the  views  of  many  of  my  correspond- 
ents have  led  me  to  extend  the  list  to  its  present  num- 
ber. 

When  my  list  was  almost  completed,  I  discovered  by 
correspondence  with  some  of  the  publishers  that  cer- 
tain books  I  had  listed  were  no  longer  obtainable,  that 
is,  they  were  out  of  print,  and  could  not  be  easily  ob- 
tained from  the  pubUshers,  or  in  the  retail  stores.  The 
accessibility  of  the  books  in  such  a  list  as  I  was  making, 
struck  me  as  a  very  practical  consideration,  and  when  I 
had  completed  the  list  I  submitted  it  to  Mr.  J.  N.  \ying, 
of  Charles  Scribner's  Sons,  who  very  kindly  went  over 
the  entire  MS.  and  indicated  for  me  all  the  books  that 
could  no  longer  be  readily  obtained  through  the  regular 
channels  of  trade.  This  will  explain  in  part  why  certain 
books  are  not  here  listed  which  many,  no  doubt,  will 
expect  to  find,  and  also  why  some  of  the  old  favorites  of 
twent^^-five  years  ago  find  no  place  in  this  Hst  of  to-day. 
And  yet  with  all  these  precautions,  it  is  not  to  be  ex- 
pected that  the  list  will  prove  either  a  perfect  or  a  com- 
plete one.  Five  hundred  books  are  a  large  number  to 
handle  personally,  much  less  to  examine  critically,  and  it 


INTRODUCTION  15 

would  not  be  sui'prising  to  find  that  some  errors  had 
managed  to  creep  in. 

The  compiler  of  this  list  has  been  mindful  that  his 
first  duty  is  to  the  purchaser,  and  therefore  he  has  in- 
variably given  the  preference,  wherever  he  has  know^n  it 
to  be  possible,  to  the  cheapest  and  the  best  edition  of 
the  volume  listed.  As  the  list  is  largely  intended  for 
secular  schools^  no  book  avowedly  sectarian  in  the  narrow 
sense  has  been  admitted,  although  the  compiler  knows 
that  some  of  the  very  best  books  for  children — and  he 
has  two  of  these  particular  books  in  mind — are  to  be 
found  among  denominational  publications. 

Most  of  the  lists  that  I  have  seen  are  "  top  heavy,"  or 
abnormally  developed  on  certain  sides  ;  in  a  Hst  lying 
before  me  the  lower  grades  have  not  more  than  a  dozen 
books  of  all  kinds  assigned  them,  while  the  High- 
School  grades  are  made  up  of  about  all  the  general 
publications  of  certain  enterprising  publishers.  In  the 
following  hst  care  has  been  taken  to  assign  about  the 
same  number  of  volumes  to  each  of  the  general  divi- 
sions, excepting  the  department  of  "  Fiction,"  where  the 
manifest  impossibility  of  such  a  course  needs  no  ex- 
planation. Sympathizing  with  the  needs  of  the  younger 
children  I  have  always,  wherever  possible,  assigned  to 
the  lower  or  intermediate  grades  the  larger  number  of 
books.  As  the  Sixth  Reader  is  not  generally  used 
throughout  the  schools,  the  comparatively  few  books 
listed  under  this  heading  can  be  used  either  in  grades 
using  the  Sixth  Eeader  or  in  the  advanced  Fifth-Reader 
grades. 

The  value  of  such  a  list  as  the  present  one  can  be 
determined  only  by  practical  experience.  Certainly, 
among  teachers  who  have  neither  the  time  nor  the  op- 
portunities to  read  and  grade  our  juvenile  literature, 
there  is  a  constantly  increasing  demand  for  guide-hsts, 


16  FIVE  HUNDRED  BOOKS 

as  many  of  our  State  Superintendents  of  Instruction  can 
testify.  Nor  is  the  need  less  great  among  parents. 
America  is  a  nation  of  readers  ;  but  an  examination  of 
the  book-stores,  the  circulating  libraries,  and  the  news- 
stands— which  latter  are  in  too  many  instances  no  longer 
either  safe  or  respectable  places  for  children  to  visit  or 
purchase  papers — will  show  that  when  the  majority  of 
our  grown-up  people  read  anything  beyond  the  j^eriodi- 
cals  and  the  newspapers  nine-tenths  of  what  they  read  is 
simply  trash.  Worthless  literature  is  the  curse  of  the 
child's  intellect  and  the  bane  of  the  child's  morals,  yet  it 
has  the  market  ;  and  its  widespread  distribution  and 
rapid  sale  are  striking  testimony  alike  to  the  deteriora- 
tion of  the  popular  taste  and  to  our  defective  scheme  of 
elementary  education,  which  concerns  itself  with  teach- 
ing the  child  how  to  read  and  gives  no  thought  to  what 
he  reads.  It  was  the  contemplation  of  the  vast  amount 
of  desultory,  undirected,  and  unrestrained  reading  of 
what  Mr.  Frederick  Harrison  has  called  "  the  poisonous 
exhalations  of  mere  literary  garbage  and  bad  men's 
worst  thoughts "  that  drove  him  to  exclaim  that  he 
"  could  almost  reckon  the  printing-i3ress  as  among  the 
scourges  of  mankind." 

In  these  days  of  rapid  multiplication  of  books  it  is 
idle  on  our  pari,  if  not  indeed  ridiculous,  to  be  forever 
saying  to  children  :  "  Don't  read  this  ! "  "  Don't  read 
that !  "  This  constantly  increasing  chorus  of  "  Don'ts  " 
exasperates  a  child,  and  to  my  way  of  thinking  has  often 
the  effect  of  di'iving  him  to  the  very  danger  we  would 
have  him  avoid.  It  is  much  more  pleasing  to  him,  and 
as  an  expedient  much  more  successful,  to  say,  "Read 
this,"  instead  of  the  rasping  "  Don't  read  that."  Chil- 
dren who  can  read,  must  read  ;  and  they  are  after  all  so 
ver}^  dependent  and  imitative  that  they  will  read  nine- 
tenths   of    the   books   we    recommend    to   them ;    and 


INTRODUCTION  17 

since  it  is  not  altogether  in  our  power  to  destroy  the 
glittering  temptations  which  allure  them  to  the  reading 
of  trash  we  should  increase  and  multiply  our  coimsels 
for  reading  the  best  books.  To  start  a  child  right  in  the 
matter  of  reading,  to  advise  and  mark  out  a  course  for 
him,  to  furnish  him  with  carefully  selected  lists  of  books 
of  the  right  kind,  is  to  give  him  an  education  and  to  put 
him  in  the  possession  of  a  moral  and  intellectual  ideal. 
Such  a  list  does  the  present  one  hope  to  be. 

The  importance  of  a  child's  early  reading  can  scarcely 
be  overestimated.  In  that  curious  and  very  amusing 
series  of  papers  on  "  How  I  was  Educated,"  that  ran 
through  the  Forum  Magazine  some  years  ago,  I  find 
Mr.  Andrew  D.  "White  making  this  statement :  "  Much 
reflection  on  my  experience  has  convinced  me  that  some 
kindly  direction,  in  the  reading  of  a  fairly  scholarly  boy, 
is  of  the  utmost  importance,  and  never  more  so  than 
now,  when  there  are  so  many  books  pressing  for  atten- 
tion." The  character  and  tone  of  all  the  books  listed  in 
the  following  pages  are  bright  and  healthy  ;  and  on  the 
score  of  cleanliness  and  purity  the  severest  critic  will  find 
in  none  of  them  anything  to  condemn.  The  question,  how- 
ever, arises,  whether,  when  we  have  provided  wholesome 
and  stimulating  reading  for  children,  we  have  accom- 
plished all  the  good  that  was  possible  to  have  been  done  ? 
Do  all  the  clean  and  wholesome  books  for  children  that 
are  literally  flooding  the  market  tend  to  the  healthy  de- 
velopment and  training  of  the  child's  imagination,  and 
to  the  right  cultivation  of  his  mental  growth  ?  There 
are  many  censors  who  complain  that  the  good  accom- 
pHshed  by  this  harmless  reading  matter  is  but  a  nega- 
tive one  at  best,  and  that  with  it  there  has  come  a  de- 
struction of  the  virile  taste  that  once  characterized  the 
reading  of  children.  This,  however,  is  too  large  a  ques- 
tion to  enter  into  here,  and  I  must  content  myself  with 


18  FIVE  HUNDRED  BOOKS 

presenting  two  of  Mr,  Eiiskin's  rules,  Tvhicli  can  be  safely 
used  as  a  standard  by  which  teachers  and  parents  can 
test  any  book  they  may  wdsh  to  give  to  children  :  "  The 
best  romance,"  says  Mr.  Ruskin,  "  becomes  dangerous  if 
by  its  excitement  it  renders  the  ordinary  course  of  life 
uninteresting,  and  increases  the  morbid  thirst  for  scenes 
in  which  we  shall  never  be  called  to  act."  And  again  he 
writes  :  "  Whether  novels  or  poetry  or  history  be  read, 
they  should  be  chosen  not  for  their  freedom  from  evil, 
but  for  their  possession  of  good." 

GEOEGE  E.  HARDY. 

Grammar  School  No.  82, 

Seventieth  Street  and  First  Avenue, 

New  York  City. 


LIST  OF  BOOKS 


Messrs.  Charles  Scribner's  Sons  are  prepared  to  sup- 
ply any  booh  included  in  this  list. 

When  books  marked  Net  are  to  be  sent  by  mail  post- 
age must  be  added. 

In  ordering  do  not  fail  to  quote  prices,  stating  that 
the  books  are  from  this  list.  Liberal  discounts  will  be 
grunted  to  libraries  and  reading  clubs  on  all  boohs  ex- 
cept those  marked  Net. 

All  books  mentioned  in  this  list  are  bound  in  cloth, 
except  when  otherwise  stated. 

Correspondence  solicited. 


GENERAL    LITERATUEE,  INCLUDING 
POETRY 


THIRD-READER  GRADES. 

A  Child's  Garden  of  Verses. — R.  L.  Stevenson.  Pp. 
101.     Charles  Scribner's  Sons.  Boards.     1.00. 

A  more  than  ordinarily  interesting  volume  of  poems  relating  to  child- 
life.  The  imagination  and  thoughts  of  children  herein  find  a  most  poetic 
and  exquisite  setting. 

Open  Sesame. — Vol.  I.  Edited  by  B.  W.  Bellamy  and 
M.  W.  Goodwin.     Illustrated.     Pp.  316.     Ginn  &  Co. 

Net,  .75. 
Postage,  .15. 

Good,  clear  type  and  fine  illustrations,  as  well  as  a  discriminating  taste 
on  the  part  of  the  editors,  characterize  this  volume  of  prose  and  poetical 
extracts  adapted  to  the  tastes  of  children  from  four  to  ten  years  old. 

Poetry  for  Children. — Edited  by  Samuel  Eliot.  Illus- 
trated. Pp.  327.  Houghton,  Mifflin  &  Co.  Net,  .80. 
Postage,  .08. 

The  former  superintendent  of  the  Boston  schools  ought  to  make  a  suc- 
cessful pui-veyor  of  literature  for  children.  In  this  collection  he  presents 
one  hundred  and  fifty  poems  for  their  instruction  and  edification. 

Khymes  and  Jingles. — Maiy  Mapes  Dodge.  Illustrated. 
Pp.  255.     Charles  Scribner's  Sons.  1.50. 

The  editor  of  St.  Nicholas  has  herein  presented  a  large  number  of  chil- 
dren's poems,  some  of  which  we  have  the  authority  of  the  contemporary 
press  for  saying  are  ''  without  rivals  in  our  language." 

Songs  and  Rhymes  for  Little  Ones. — Edited  by  Mary  J. 
Morrison.     Pp.  234     G.  P.  Putnam's  Sons.  1.50. 

An  anthology  of  poems  for  and  about  children,  selected  with  much  good 
taste  and  discrimination. 


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FOURTH-READER  GRADES. 

A  Book  of  Verses  for  Boys. — Edited  by  W.  E.  Henley. 
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One  hundred  and  twenty-six  of  the  most  spirited  poems  in  the  English 
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Being  a  Boy. — Charles  Dudley  Warner.  Illustrated. 
Pp.  244.     Houghton,  Mfflin  &  Co.  1.25. 

An  amusing  and  sympathetic  study  of  boy  life. 

Good-Night  Poetry. — Compiled  by  W.  P.  Garrison.  Pp. 
143.     Ginn  &  Co.  Net,  .60. 

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thoughts  of  a  child— thus  the  author — offer — the  most  decisive  moments 
for  its  moral  nurture :  hence  this  volume,  whose  selections  are  intended 
to  occupy  the  child's  thoughts  prior  to  his  entrance  into  the  land  of  Nod. 

Child  Life  in  Poetry. — Selected  by  J.  G.  "^Tiittier.  Il- 
lustrated.    Pp.263.     Houghton,"^  Mifflin  &  Co.       2.00. 

One  hundred  and  thirty-nine  poems  are  here  presented,  prefaced  with 
an  introductory  essay  by  Mr.  Whittier.  The  selections  are  made  in  a  sym- 
pathetic and  catholic  spirit. 

Child  Life  in  Prose. — Edited  bv  J.  G.  Whittier.  Illus- 
trated.    Pp.  301.     Houghton,' Mifflin  &  Co.  2.00. 

A  volume  of  stories,  fancies,  and  memories,  having  child-life  as  their 
theme.     A  valuable  book  for  school  reading. 

Children's  Hour  and  Other  Poems. — H.  W.  Longfellow. 
Pp.  74.  Houghton,  Mifflin  &  Co.  (Riverside  Litera- 
ture Series,  No.  11.)  Paper.  Net,  .15. 
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Twenty  selections  in  poetry  and  prose  from  Longfellow's  works,  accom- 
panied by  a  biographical  sketch  and  notes. 

Heroic  B.\i.lads. — Edited  bv  D.  H.  Montgomery.  Pp. 
319.     Ginn  &  Co.     (Classics   for  Children) 

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ring English  verse. 


GENERAL  LITERATURE  23 

Lay  of  the  Last  Minstrel. — Sir  Walter  Scott.  Pp.  144. 
Ginn&Co.  (Classics  for  Children.)  Boards.  Net,  .30. 
Postage,  .05. 

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M.  W.  Goodwin.     Illustrated.     Pp.  376.     Ginn  &  Co. 

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Poetry  for  Children. — Charles  and  Mary  Lamb.  Pp. 
224.     Charles  Scribner's  Sons.  1.00. 

The  lovers  of  the  gentle  Elia — and  who  are  not  his  lovers  ? — will  rejoice 
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its  way  into  the  hands  and  hearts  of  our  children. 

Poor  Richard's  Almanac  and  Other  Selections. — Benja- 
min Franklin.  Pp.  88.  Houghton,  Mifflin  &  Co. 
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Franklin. 

Sketch-Book. — Washington  Irving.  Pp.  119.  Ginn  & 
Co.     (Classics  for  Children.)  Boards.      Net,  .25. 

Postage,  .06. 

Six  well-chosen  selections  from  the  larger  volume  constitute  this  little 
volume's  claim  to  popular  recognition. 

Stories  from  Old  English  Poetry. — A.  S.  Richardson. 
Illustrated.     Pp.  281.     Houghton,  Mifflin  &  Co.    1.00. 

Chaucer,  Spenser,  Greene,  Shakespeare,  and  Lyly  are  drawn  on  for  the 
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Ballads  and  Lyrics. — Edited  by  H.  C.  Lodge.     Pj).  394. 
Houghton,  Mifflin  &  Co.  1.00. 

A  collection  covering  the  period  from  the  days  of  "  Chevy  Chace"  to 
our  own  time,  with  brief  biographies  of  the  poets  mentioned. 


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Children's  Treasury  of  English  Song. — Edited  by  F.  T. 
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Treasury  "  is  pj'ima  facie  evidence  that  the  collection  is  one  of  great 
merit,  as  indeed  it  is. 

Children's  Garland. — Edited  by  Coventry  Patmore.  Pp. 
344.     MacmiUan  &  Co.  Net,  .50. 

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Nearly  all  the  genuine  poetry  of  the  best  poets  is  to  be  found  between 
the  covers  of  this  book.  Mr.  Patmore  has  taken  as  his  touchstone  for 
this  collection  the  fact  that  each  of  his  selections  has  actually  pleased 
intelligent  children. 

Children's  Stories  in  English  Literature, — Henrietta  C. 
AV right.  Pp.  345.  Charles  Scribner's  Sons.  Two 
volumes.  Each,  1.25. 

From  Taliesin  to  Shakespeare  and  thence  to  Tennyson  is  a  long  liter- 
ary journey  ;  Miss  Wright  is  credited  with  having  made  it  an  attractive 
and  profitable  one  in  these  two  volumes. 

Courtship  of  Miles  Standish. — H.  "W.  Longfellow.  Pp. 
72.  Houghton,  ^Mifflin  &  Co.  (Eiverside  Literature 
Series,  No.  2.)  Paper.     Net,  .15. 

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Earl  of  Chatham. — Lord  Macaulay.  Pp.  110.  Effing- 
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95.)        '  Boards.       Net,  .20. 

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The  second  essay  on  Pitt  the  elder,  with  an  introduction  and  notes  by 
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Essay  ON  Lord  Clive. — Lord  Macaulay.  Pp.  86.  Effing- 
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74.)  Boards.     Net,  .20. 

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GENERAL  LITERATURE  25 

Ev.\NGELiNE. — H.  W.  Longfellow.  Pp.  104.  Houghton, 
Mifflin  &  Co.     (Riverside  Literature  Series,  No.  1.) 

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Selections  from  the  works  of  these  two  great  writers  with  sketches  of 
the  poets'  lives,  the  whole  accompanied  by  introductions  and  notes, 

Maemion.— Sir  Walter  Scott.  Pp.  92.  Effingham  May- 
nard  &  Co.     (English  Classics,  Nos.  81  and  82.) 

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poem  has  been  slightly  condensed  by  its  editor,  Mr.  Dalgleish. 

Merchant  of  Venice. — William  Shakespeare.  Edited  by 
Rev.  H.  N.  Hudson.  Pp.  115.  Ginn  &  Co.  (Classics 
for  Children.)  Boards.     Net,  .25. 

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Poems  of  Adelaide  A.  Procter. — Pp.  247.  Houghton, 
Mifflin  &  Co.  1.00. 

Of  the  minor  poets  whose  songs  gushed  from  their  hearts,  no  one  appeals 
more  successfully  to  children  than  does  Miss  Procter. 

Rab  and  His  Friends.— John  Brown,  M.D.  Pp.  28. 
Effingham  Maynard  &  Co.    (English  Classics,  No.  52.) 

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GENERAL  LITERATURE  27 

Roundabout  Papers. — Wm.  M.  Thackeray.  Pp.  48. 
Effingham  Maynard  &  Co.     (EngHsh  Classics,  No.  50.) 

Paper.     Net,  .10. 
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Six  selections  from  the  above  essays,  including  "Round  the  Christmas 
Tree  "  and  ''  De  Juventute." 

Sir  Roger  de  Coverley. — Joseph  Addison.  Pp.  51.  Ef- 
fingham Maynard  &  Co.     (English  Classics,  No.  18.) 

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Chui'ch.     Illustrated.     Pp.  257.     Dodd,  Mead  &  Co. 

1.50. 

The  "Seven  against  Thebes,"  "Antigone,"  "  Iphigenia  in  Aulis,"  are 
Bome  of  the  tragedies  here  told  in  prose. 

Selections  from  Ruskin. — Edited  by  Edward  Ginn.  Pp. 
148.     Ginn  &  Co.     (Classics  for  Children.) 

Boards.     Net,  .30. 
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On  various  subjects,  but  chiefly  on  "Reading,"  with  a  sketch  of  Mr. 
Ruskin  s  life. 

Select  Poems  of  Robert  Browning. — Edited  by  W.  J. 
Rolfe  and  H.  E.  Hersey.  Pp.  200.  Harper  & 
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A  scholarly  selection  of  the  most  intelligible  of  Browning's  poems. 
It  is  well  for  teachers  to  remember  that  many  of  Browning's  lyrics  appeal 
strongly  to  the  juvenile  heart. 

Story  of  the  Iliad. — Rev.  A.  J.  Church.  Illustrated. 
Pp.  314.     Macmillan  &  Co.  1.00. 

In  which  the  author  recites  the  story  of  this  grand  epic  in  a  prose  style 
which  is  almost  Homeric  in  spirit,  if  not  in  letter.  Its  literalness  is  not 
the  least  of  its  charms. 

Story  of  the  Odyssey. — Rev.  A.  J.  Church.  Illustrated. 
Pp.  306.     MacmiUan  &  Co.  1.00. 

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Sunshine   in  Life. — Collected  by  F.  P.  Lee.     Pp.  405. 
G.  P.  Putnam's  Sons  1.50. 

A  collection  of  poems  of  the  highest  literary  merit,  intended  primarily 
for  the  reading  of  "King's  Daughters."  This  anthology  is  notable  for 
its  selection  of  poems  of  perfect  form  and  pure  sentiment. 

The  Boy's  Percy. — Edited  by  Sidney  Lanier.     Illustrated. 
Pp.  440.     Charles  Scribner's  Sons.  2.00. 

A  collection  of  old  war  ballads,  romances  of  adventure  and  love,  col- 
lated from  Bishop  Percy's  "  Reliques  of  Ancient  English  Poetry,"  the 
whole  modernized  sufficiently  to  be  understood  by  young  people. 

Tales  feom  Shakespeaee. — Charles  and  Mary  Lamb.     Pp. 
310.     Ginn  &  Co.     (Classics  for  Childi-en.)     Boards. 

Net,  .40. 
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Perhaps  the  best  introduction  to  the  reading  of  Shakespeare— Avho  by 
the  way  is  not  relished  by  children  to  the  extent  that  some  would  have 
ua  believe — that  a  child  can  have. 

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470.     Houghton,  Mifflin  &  Co.  1.00. 

A  classic  description  of  sailor-life  fifty  years  ago  on  a  voyage  around 
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The  Little  Flowers  of  St.  Francis  of  Assisi. — Translated 
by  A.  L.  Alger.     Pp.  228.     Koberts  Brothers.        1.00. 

A  series  of  beautiful  legends  about  the  saintly  Francis  which  were 
handed  down  by  word  of  mouth  till  about  five  hundred  years  after  his 
death,  since  which  they  have  been  preserved  in  written  speech  unto  our 
own  day. 

Tennyson  for  Young  People. — Edited  by  W.   J.  Rolfe. 
Illustrated.     Pp.  120.     Houghton,  Mifflin  &  Co.      .75. 

Select  poems  from  the  Laureate's  verse,  edited  with  notes  and  an  in- 
troduction especially  for  young  people. 

The  Blue  Poetry  Book. — Edited  by  Andrew  Lang.    Illus- 
trated.    Pp.  351.     Longmans,  Green  &  Co.  2.00 

A  collection  of  poems  which  pleased  the  editor  in  his  youth,  and  which 
are  fitted  to  live,  as  Theocritus  said,  "  on  the  lips  of  the  young." 

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trated.    Pp.  153.     D.  Lothrop  &  Co.  1.25. 

The  "Poet  of  Nature  "  is  here  introduced  to  the  young  through  the 
medium  of  some  of  his  most  beautiful  verse. 


GENERAL  LITERATURE  29 

The  Young  People  of  Shakespeaee's  Drama. — Amelia  E. 
Barr.     lUustrated.     Pp.  258.     D.  Appleton  &  Co. 

1.50. 

Several  of  Shakespeare's  plays  are  here  adapted  for  children's  re ^diaof, 
accompanied  with  prose  introductions  and  interesting  historical  sketches. 

SIXTH-READER   GRADES. 

Adventures  or  Telemachus. — Fenelon.  Translated  bj 
Dr.  Hawkeswortb.  Pp.  559.  Hougbton,  Mifflin  & 
Co.  2.25. 

It  is  a  matter  of  much  regret  that  this  classic  masterpiece  of  the  illus- 
trious Archbishop  of  Cambray  is  not  more  read  among  our  young  people 
than  it  is.  In  it  are  set  forth  the  adventures  of  Telemachus  in  search  of 
his  father,  Ulysses. 

Alcestis. — Eurii^ides.  Englisb  version,  by  Kev.  E.  Pot- 
ter. Pp.  45.  Effingbam  Maynard  &  Co.  (Englisb 
Classics,  No.  62.)  Stiff  paper.     Net,  .10. 

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Alcestis,  the  wife  of  Admetus,  offers  up  her  life  for  that  of  her  hus- 
band. Hercules,  who  has  become  aware  of  the  tragedy,  defeats  Death 
aud  restores  Alcestis  to  her  delighted  husband.  This  little  volume  con- 
tains also  a  portrait  and  a  biographical  sketch  of  Euripides, 

Antigone. — Sopbocles.  Englisb  version,  by  Tbomas 
FranckHn.  Pp.  50.  Effingbam  Mavnard  &  Co. 
(Englisb  Classics,  No.  63.)  Stiff  cover.     Net,  .10. 

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With  portrait  and  biographical  sketch  of  Sophocles.  It  is  altogether 
probable  that  the  Athenians  of  the  fifth  century  before  Christ  looked 
i;pon  the  character  of  Antigone  as  "the  gem  of  the  Athenian  stage." 
Her  popularity  among  the  cultured  people  of  modern  times  is  almost  as 
great  as  it  was  in  the  days  of  Sophocles.  Both  these  booklets  contain 
brief  descriptions  of  the  Grecian  mythology,  the  Greek  play,  and  the 
Greek  theatre. 

Cato,  a  Tragedy. — Josepb  Addison.  Pp.  75.  Effing- 
bam Maynard  &  Co.     (Englisb  Classics,  No.  92.) 

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Don  Quixote. — Miguel  de  Cervantes  Saavedra.  Trans- 
lated by  Jarvis.  Illustrated.  Pp.  377.  George  Kout- 
ledge  &  Sons.  1.00. 

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Development  of  Old  English  Thought. — Brotlier  Azarias. 
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A  thoughtful  and  authoritative  sketch  "  of  the  growth  and  development 
of  Old  English  Thought,  as  expressed  in  Old  English  Literature,  from  the 
first  davi^nings  of  history  down  to  the  Norman  Conquest." 

Essays  of  Elia.— Charles  Lamb.  Pp.  347.  Cliarles 
Scribner's  Sons.  .75. 

There  is  no  more  delightful  mental  pabulum  for  children  of  Fifth- 
Reader  Grades  than  most  of  these  charming  essays. 

Essay  on  Man. — Alexander  Pope.  Pp.  64.  Effingham 
Maynard    &   Co.     (English    Classics,    Nos.    83,    84.) 

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A  carefully  annotated  edition  of  this  famous  poem. 

Imitation  of  Christ. — Thomas  a  Kempis.  Translated 
by  Richard  Challoner,  D.D.  Pp.  481.  Benziger 
Brothers.  .40. 

A  world-classic  that  is  usually  mutilated  in  the  various  editions  offered 
for  sale  in  the  book-stores.  This  edition  is  complete  as  a  Kempis  wrote 
it.  It  is  an  epitome  of  spiritual  consolation  and  wisdom  that  is  sur- 
passed only  by  the  Bible  itself. 

In  Memori am.— Alfred  Tennyson.  Pp.  63.  Effingham 
Maynard  &  Co.     (English  Classics,  No   57.) 

Stiff  paper.     Net,  .10. 
Postage,  .02. 

A  condensation  of  the  longest  and  the  greatest  elegiac  jjoem  ever 
published  in  the  English  language.  It  is  Tennyson's  most  characteristic 
and  distinctive  poem,  written  in  the  full  maturity  of  his  poetic  and  in- 
tellectual power. 

Representative  Essays. — Edited  by  G.  H.  Putnam.  Pp. 
395.     G.  P.  Putnam's  Sons.  2.00. 

Twelve  masterpieces  from  Irving,  Lamb,  Carlyle,  Gladstone,  etc. 

The  Birds  and  the  Knights. — Aristophanes.  Translated 
by  Erere.  Pp.  281.  George  Routledge  k  Sons. 
(Morley's  Universal  Library.)  .40. 

An  interesting  picture  of  old  Greek  life  may  be  gleaned  from  the  lines 
of  this  classic  comedy. 


The   Golden 

Legend. - 

-H 

.  w. 

Longfellow. 

Houghton, 

Mifflin 

& 

Co. 

(Riverside 

Series.) 

Boards. 

Postage,  .06. 

A  beautiful  dramatic  poem 

for  s 

study  ir 

I  the  upper  grades, 

GENERAL  LITERATURE  31 


Pp.     196. 

Literature 

Net,  .40. 


The  Holy  Grail  and  Sir  Galahad. — Alfred  Tennyson. 
Pp.  44.  Effingham  Maj^nard  &  Co.  (English  Classics, 
No.  9L)  Stiff  paper.     Net,  .10. 

Postage,  .02. 

Two  exquisite  poems  that  every  cultured  teacher  should  introduce  to 
his  or  her  pupils. 

Selections  from  Fenelon. — Pp.  194.     Roberts  Brothers. 

.50. 

A  volume  of  meditations  and  pictures  that  will  appeal  to  the   more 
mature  and  serious-minded  of  our  children   as  well  as  to  grown  people. 

Shakespeare's  England. — William  Winter.  Pp.  270. 
Macmillan  &  Co.  .75. 

A  sympathetic  and  almost  sentimental  pilgrimage  to  the  home  and 
haunts  of  the  Bard  of  Avon. 


HISTORY  AND   BIOGRAPHY 

SECOND-READER  GRADES. 
BOOKS    IN    ONE    SYLLABLE. 

History  or  the  United  States. — Helen  W.  Pierson. 
Illustrated.     Pp.  190.     George  Koutledge  &  Sons. 

Boards.     1.00. 

Lives  of  the  Presidents  of  the  United  States. — Helen 
W.  Pierson.  Illustrated.  Pp.  193.  George  Eout- 
ledge  &  Sons.  Boards.     1.00. 

Heroes  of  History. — Agnes  Sadlier.  Illustrated.  Pp. 
234.     George  Routledge  &  Sons.  Boards.     1.00. 

Elsewhere  under  "Fiction"  we  have  expressed  our  opinion  of  books 
in  one  syllable.     These  books  are  all  printed  in  large  type. 

FOURTH-READER  GRADES. 

Old  Testament  Stories. — Pp.  100.  Houghton,  Mifflin 
&  Co.     (Riverside  Literature  Series,  No.  46.) 

Paper.     Net,  .15. 
Postage,  .02. 

Sacred  history  from  the  dispersion  at  Babel  to  the  conquest  of  Canaan 
is  here  told  in  the  language  of  the  Scriptures. 

Xerxes. — Jacob  Abbott.  Blustrated.  Pp.  302.  Har- 
per &  Brothers.  1.00. 

Alexander  the  Great. — Jacob  Abbott.  Illustrated.  Pp. 
278.     Harper  ct  Brothers.  1.00. 

Julius  C^sar.— Jacob  Abbott.  Illustrated.  Pp.  278. 
Harper  &  Brothers.  1.00. 

The  above  biographical  histories  are  printed  and  bound  uniformly, 
and  in  addition  to  the  illustrations  each  contairiB  numerous  maps.  Three 
generations  of  Americans,  among  the  most  distinguished  of  whom  may 
be  counted  President  Lincoln,  have  testified  to  the  general  excellence  of 
these  little  volumes. 


HISTORY  AND  BIOGRAPHY  33 

Plutaech's  Ln^Es. — Translated  by  Arthur  H.  Clongh. 
Pp.    333.      Ginn    &    Co.       (Classics    for    Children.) 

Boards.     Net,  .40. 
Postage,  .14 

A  selection  of  seven  biographies,  beginning  with  Themistocles  and 
ending  with  Caesar,  made  from  Clongh's  larger  work,  with  an  abridgment 
of  Clongh's  Life  of  Plutarch.  No  more  vivid  and  striking  series  of  biog- 
raphies have  ever  been  written  than  these  of  Plutarch. 

Alfred  the  Great. — Thomas  Hughes.  Pp.  334.  Mac- 
millan  &  Co.  1.00. 

An  interesting  historical  sketch  of  England  in  the  ninth  century. 

Historic  Boys. — E.  S.  Brooks.  Illustrated.  Pp.  259. 
G.  P.  Putnam's  Sons.  2.00. 

As  its  name  indicates,  this  volume  occupies  itself  with  the  doings  of 
some  twelve  historic  youths,  ranging  from  Marcus,  the  boy  magistrate  of 
Rome,  who  flourished  circa  A.  D.  137,  to  Van  Rensselaer,  the  boy  patroon, 
who  lived  in  1777. 

Historic  Girls. — E.  S.  Brooks.  Illustrated.  Pp.  233. 
G.  P.  Putnam's  Sons.  2.00. 

The  story  of  the  lives  of  one  dozen  girls,  ranging  from  Zenobia,  Queen 
of  Palmyra,  about  26o  A. P.,  to  Ma-ta-oka — so  the  author  ''  hyphenates  " 
her— the  higii-cheek-boned  daughter  of  Pow-ha-tan. 

Peter  Stuyvesant.— John  S.  C.  Abbott.  Pp.  362.  Dodd, 
Mead  &  Co.  1.25. 

Paul  Jones.— John  S.  C.  Abbott.  Pp.  359.  Dodd, 
Mead  &  Co.  1.25. 

Daniel  Boone.— John  S.  C.  Abbott.  Pp.  331.  Dodd, 
Mead  &  Co.  1.25. 

These  three  volumes  are  written  in  a  clear  and  picturesque  style,  and 
illustrate  certain  periods  of  the  development  of  America  not  frequently 
dwelt  on  by  other  writers. 

Life  of  Benjamin  Franklin. — An  Autobiography,  with 
Portrait.  Pp.  311.  Ginn  &  Co.  (Classics  for  ChH- 
dren.)  Boards.    Net,  .40. 

Postage,  .14. 

The  life  of  a  distinguished  American  patriot,  and  a  shrewd,  kindly 
man  withal,  told  in  his  own  words,  and  continued  by  another's  hand  to 
the  time  of  his  death. 


34  FIVE  HUNDRED  BOOKS 

EuLES  OF  Conduct.  —  George  Washington.  Pp.  106. 
Houghton,  Mifflin  &  Co.  (Riverside  Literatiu-e  Series, 
No.  24.)  Paper.     Net,  .15. 

Postage,  .02. 

A  diar}^  of  rules,  journeys,  adventures,  and  farewell  addresses.  The 
recent  tracing  of  these  famous  rules  to  the  writings  of  a  distinguished 
Jesuit  has  given  them  to-day  a  "  contemporaneous  human  interest." 

Boston  Town. — Horace  E.  Scudder.  Illustrated.  Pp. 
243.     Houghton,  Mifflin  &  Co.  1.50. 

The  story  of  the  history  and  traditions  of  Boston,  told  simply  for  chil- 
dren by  the  accomplished  editor  of  the  Atlantic  Monthly. 

Tkue  Stories  feom  New  England  Histoey. — Nathaniel 
Hawthorne.     Pp.  154.     Houghton,  Mifflin  <fe  Co. 

Boards.     Net,  .45. 
Postage,  .06. 

The  three  parts  of  "  Grandfather's  Chair  "  bound  in  one,  containing 
twelve  stories  of  New  England,  covering  the  period  from  1C20  to  1803. 
In  reality  Nos.  7,  8,  9,  of  the  ''  Riverside  Literature  Series." 

Old  Times  in  the  Colonies. — Charles  C.  Coffin.  Illus- 
trated.    Pp.  460.     Harper  k  Brothers.  3.00. 

A  sketch  of  American  colonial  life  extending  to  the  close  of  the  French 
and  Indian  War. 

The  Boys  of  '76.— Charles  C.  Coffin.  lUustrated.  Pp. 
398.     Harper  &  Brothers.  3.00. 

A  history  of  the  battles  of  the  Revolution. 

Building  the   Nation. — Charles  C.  Coffin.     Illustrated. 

Pp.  476.     Hai-per  k  Brothers.  3.00. 

Events  in  United  States  history  from  the  Revolution  to  the  Civil 
War. 

The  Drum-beat  of  the  Nation.— Charles  C.  Coffin.  Illus- 
trated.    PiD.  478.     Haii^er  k  Brothers.  3.00. 

The  story  of  the  CivU  War  from  its  outbreak  to  the  end  of  1862. 

Marching  to  Victory. — Charles  C.  Coffin.  Illustrated. 
Pl3.  492.     Hai-per  k  Brothers.  3.00. 

The  events  of  1863. 

Bedeeming  the  Republic.  —  Charles  C.  Coffin.  Illus- 
trated.    Pp.  478.     Harper  k  Brothers.  3.00. 

The  events  from  the  close  of  18G3  to  September,  1864. 


HISTORY  AND  BIOGRAPHY  35 

Freedom  Triumphant. — Charles  C.  Coffin.  Illustrated. 
Pp.  506.     Harper  &  Brothers.  3.00. 

The  above  seven  volumes  form  an  interesting  and  picturesque  history 
of  onr  country.  The  author,  who  was  originally  a  newspaper  man,  has 
avoided  the  formality  of  historical  narrative.  He  presents  his  material 
largely  in  the  form  of  pertinent  anecdotes,  memorable  incidents,  and 
vivid  descriptions.  All  the  volumes  are  lavishly  illustrated  with  pict- 
ures and  maps. 

Young  Folks  Book  of  American  Explorers. — Thomas  W. 
Higginson.     Illustrated.     Pp.  367.     Lee  &  Shepard. 

Net,  1.20. 
Postage,  .15. 

Colonel  Higginson,  who  knows  how  to  edit  as  well  as  he  knows  how  to 
write,  has  given  us  here  extracts  from  the  narratives  of  famous  explorers 
from  the  days  of  the  Norsemen  to  the  establishment  of  the  colonies  by 
his  own  sturdy  and  intolerant  Puritan  ancestors. 

Stories  of  War.— Edited  by  Rev.  E.  E.  Hale.  Pp.  267. 
Roberts  Brothers.  1.00. 

Stories  of  our  Civil  War  told,  after  the  manner  of  the  other  volumes 
of  tnis  series,  by  the  soldiers  who  took  part  in  it. 

Bunker  Hill  Orations. — Daniel  "Webster.  Pp.  54.  Ef- 
fingham Maynard  k  Co.     (English  Classics,  No.  44.) 

Stiff  paper.     Net,  .10. 
Postage,  .02. 

Containing  the  orations  on  laying  the  comer  stone  in  1825,  and  the  one 
on  the  completion  of  the  monument  in  18i5,  with  portrait  and  biographi- 
cal sketch  of  Mr.  Webster. 

Gettysburg  Speech  and  Other  Papers. — Abraham  Lin- 
coln. Pp.  80.  Houghton,  Mifflin  &  Co.  (Riverside 
Literature  Series,  No.  32.)  Paper.     Net,  .15. 

Postage,  .02. 

A  selection  from  Mr.  Lincoln's  speeches,  papers,  and  letters,  with  an 
essay  on  Abraham  Lincoln  by  the  late  James  Russell  Lowell. 

Great  Words  from  Great  Americans. — Illustrated.  Pp. 
207.     G.  P.  Putnam's  Sons.  .75. 

A  tastefully  bound  little  volume  containing  the  Declaration  of  Inde- 
pendence and  the  Constitution,  together  with  the  usual  standard  selec- 
tions from  Washington's  and  Lincoln's  papers  and  addresses. 


36  FIVE  HUNDRED  BOOKS 

Biographical  Stories.  — Nathaniel  Hawthorne.  Pp.  171. 
Houghton,  Mifflin  &  Co.  (Riverside  Literature  Series, 
Nos.  10  and  29.)  Boards.     Net,  .40. 

Postage,  .05. 

Six  biographical  sketches — among  them,  Benjamin  West  and  Benjamin 
Franklin — seven  short  stories,  "  Little  Daffy-downdilly  "  being  one,  and 
a  brief  life  of  Hawthorne,  are  the  contents  of  this  little  book. 

Lights  of  Two  Centuries. — Rev.  E.  E.  Hale.  Illustrated. 
Pp.  603.     American  Book  Co.  Net,  1.40. 

Postage,  .17. 

Artists,  sculptors,  writers,  musicians,  and  inventors  of  the  last  two 
centuries  are  tne  "  Lights  "  referred  to,  and  their  brief  biographies  are 
edited  by  Mr.  Hale. 

Ten  Boys  who  Lived  on  the  Road  from  Long  Ago  to  Now. 
— Jane  Andrews.  Illustrated.  Pp.  240.  Lee  &  Shep- 
ard.     School  Edition.  Net,  .50. 

Postage,  .08. 

Sketches  of  ten  representative  peoples  from  the  Aryans  to  the  "  Yan- 
kees." 

Tales  from  English  History. — Edited  by  W.  J.  Rolfe. 
Illustrated.  Pp.  168.  Harper  &  Brothers.  Net,  .36. 
Postage,  .08. 

Tales  from  Scottish  History. — Edited  by  W.  J.  Rolfe. 
Illustrated.  Pp.  210.  Harper  k  Brothers.  Net,  .50. 
Postage,  .08. 

Tales  of  Chivalry. — Edited  bv  W.  J.  Rolfe.  Illustrated. 
Pp.  153.     Harper  &  Brothers.  Net,  .36. 

Postage,  .08. 

Stories  in  prose  and  verse  selected  from  standard  authors,  illus- 
trating romantic  incidents  in  the  history  of  England,  Scotland,  and  the 
"Olden  Times."  All  three  volumes  are  annotated,  and  the  volume, 
"Tales  of  Chivalry,"  contains  a  life  of  Scott,  from  whose  works  all 
the  "  Tales"  are  taken. 

FIFTH-READER    GRADES. 

Herodotus  for  Boys  and  Girls. — Edited  by  J.  S.  AYhite. 
Illustrated.  In  two  volumes,  each  averaging  pp.  250. 
G.  P.  Putnam's  Sons.  2.50. 

The  simple  directness  of  the  earliest  of  our  secular  historians,  as  well 
as  his  childlike  truthfulness,  are  qualities  that  should  commend  this 
work  to  teachers  for  collateral  class  reading. 


HISTORY  AND  BIOGRAPHY  37 

Plutarch  for  Boys  and  Girls.— Edited  hy  j.  g.  White. 
Illustrated.  lu  two  volumes,  each  averaging  pp.  408. 
G.  P.  Putnam's  Sons.  2.50. 

All  of  Plutarch's  "  Lives  "  and  "Parallels  "  are  contained  in  this  vol- 
ume, together  with  an  introduction  and  life  of  Plutarch  by  the  editor. 

Stories  from  Liyy.— Rev.  Alfred  J.  Church.     Illustrated 
Pp.  290.     Dodd,  Mead  &  Co.  1.50.' 

An  interesting  attempt  to  reproduce  in  English  many  of  the  facts  and 
some  of  the  faction  that  Livy  in  his  day  offered  as  history. 

Our  Young  Folk's  Josephus.— W.  S.  Walsh  (Wm.  Shep- 
pard).    Illustrated.  J.  B.  Lippincott  Co.    Boards.    1.50. 

•  '^l!:^  author  has  simplified  the  text  and  arranged  the  story  of  the  Jew- 
ish historian  in  a  very  attractive  and  readable  shape. 

Stories  of  the  Saints.— Mrs.  C.  V.  D.  Chenoweth.  With 
Frontispiece.  Pp.  162.  Houghton,  Mifflin  &  Co.     1.00. 

pZn^^Tf-  '"''^''*  ""^^A  ^^'i-^  ?'°P^^  '''^^^  ^^^  ^^ge"d«  of  disreputable 
Pagan  deities,  crowned  and  titled  ruffians,  and  languishing  nobodies  while 
at  the  same  time  we  ignore  the  very  existence  of  the  saints  and  martyrs 
whose  blood  was  the  seed  of  our  faith  and  civilization,  is  passing  strange. 

The  Boys'  Froissart.— Edited  by  Sidney  Lanier.  Illus- 
trated.    Pp.  422.     Charles  Scribner's  Sons.  2.00. 

.^i'''^°^^^^«i^^^^*^'|,  quaint  chronicle  of  adventure,  battle,  and  custom 
m  England,  France,  Spam,  and  divers  other  parts  of  the  world  durm- 
the  fourteenth  century  should  interest  all  boys. 

Life  of  Christopher  Columbus.— Washington  Ii'viuo- 
Illustrated.     Pp.  325.     G.  P.  Putnam's  Sons.  l.s'o 

o^^Z  biography  of  the  Great  Admiral  has  yet  appeared  which  can  justly 

f^Z^^^wT^^.^r  ^T^°'  'T^'  the  many  jaundiced  and  misrepre- 
senting    Lives    that  are  dropping  from  the  press  to-day  notwithstanding. 

Dampier.— W.  Clark  Russell.  Pp.  192.  Macmillan  & 
^^'  .60. 

fJIfK '"'"'.  ^''°'Pu''  ^^^^?.  E^glisli  navigator  of  renown  in  the  seven- 
th! ^IT/T'  ^^°'  '"  ^^^'J'.^^  *°  ^*^^^^^  ^^^^"^^  he  has  on  postentv,  had 
Fernlnde?       ""     ""  ""'"''^  Alexander  Selkirk  from  the  island  of  Juan 

Tm.es  of  a  Grandfather.— Sir  Walter  Scott.  Pp.  286. 
Gmn  &  Co.  (Classics  for  Children.)  Boards.  Net  40 
Postage,  .14.  '       * 

f  pf  in  T,f^^^  ^r'"'  ^r"  *u  '^^  f'.''"^'  *hi"°^  ^^«ll'  b^t  he  did  nothing  bet- 
times  toZ^^r^r,'"}'^"'  ^'  *°^?  't^"  ^''^P  ^^  ^^°*^^^d  f ^°^  its  earliest 
ri?dpr,  T  Jk-  /^^  ''^i°\''L  "f^^^"  ^^  f°^  *he  benefit  of  his  young 
readers.     In  this  volume  the  ' '  Tales  "  have  been  slightly  abridged 


38  FIVE  HUNDRED  BOOKS 

Captain  Cook. — Walter  Besant.  Pp.  192.  Macmillan  & 
Co.  .60. 

American  school-boys  have  all  but  forgotten  the  great  achievements 
and  thrilling  adventures  of  this  navigator.     Why  ? 

George  Washington. — H.  E.  Scudder.  Illustrated.  Pp. 
248.     Houghton,  MifQin  &  Co.  .75. 

A  clear,  plain,  and  direct  biography  of  the  "  Father  of  his  Country  "  is 
what  this  volume  purports  to  be,  and  is  ;  the  story  is  simply  and  interest- 
ingly told. 

The  War  of  Independence. — John  Fiske.  With  Maps. 
Pp.  200.     Houghton,  Ikiifflin  &  Co.  .75. 

A  succinct  and  lucid  statement  of  the  troubles  in  the  colonies  that 
ended  in  Independence.  Children  will  be  stronger  in  their  use  of  Eng- 
lish as  one  result  of  the  study  of  this  little  volume. 

Washington  and  His  Country. — Washington  Irving  and 
John  Fiske.  With  Maps.  Pp.  654.  Ginn  &  Co. 
Postage,  .15.  ^«^i'^^«-     Net,  .75. 

Mr.  Fiske  has,  the  publishers  state,  "judiciously  abridged  Irving's 
"  Life  of  Washington,"  supplemented  it  with  a  head-  and  tail-piece,  and 
by  these  additions  transformed  it  into  a  history  of  the  United  States. 

The  Making  of  the  Great  West. — S.  A.  Drake.  Illus- 
trated.    Pp.  339.     Charles  Scribner's  Sons.  1.75. 

The  theme  of  this  volume  is  the  marvellous  development  of  the  country 
beyond  the  Mississippi  from  the  days  of  De  Soto  to  the  death  of  the  gal- 
lant Custer. 

Story  of  the  City  of  New  York. — C.  B.  Todd.  Illus- 
trated.    Pp.  478.     G.  P.  Putnam's  Sons.  1.75. 

A  convenient,  accurate,  and  interesting  chronicle  of  the  Empire  City 
from  the  time  of  Verrazzano  to  the  present  day. 

Story  of  the  American  Indian. — E.  S.  Brooks.  Pj).  312. 
D.  Lothrop  &  Co.  2.25. 

The  most  shameful  pages  in  United  States  history  are  those  in  which 
the  treatment  of  the  Indians,  first  by  the  English  colonists,  and  secondly 
by  theUnited  States  Government,  is  described.  We  love  to  recount  to  our 
children  the  atrocities  perpetrated  on  the  helpless  savage  by  the  Spaniard, 
but  we  have  scarcely  a  word  for  the  centuries  of  murder  and  misrule  for 
which  the  English-speaking  races  are  responsible.  It  is  well  for  us  to 
remember  that  extermination  was  not  the  policy  of  either  the  French  cr 
the  Spaniards. 

Egbert  Fulton  and  Steam  Navigation. — Thomas  W. 
Knox.     Blustrated.     Pp.  507.     G.  P.  Putnam's  Sons. 

1.75. 

Not  only  the  life  of  Fulton  is  here  narrated,  but  also  a  complete  history 
of  the  rise  and  progress  of  steam  navigation.     The  gradual  evolution  of 


HISTORY  AND  BIOGRAPHY  30 

the  crude  machinery  of  the  "Clermont"  into  that  of  the  ocean  grey- 
hound of  to-day  is  described  and  illustrated. 

Life  of  Abeaham  Lincoln. — Noah  Brooks.  UlustratecL 
Pp.  476.     G.  P.  Putnam's  Sons.  1.75. 

There  can  be  no  better  historical  study  in  patriotism  for  our  youth  than 
the  biography  of  our  martyred  president.  His  rugged  early  life,  his  sturdy 
honesty,  his  kindly  shrewdness,  his  providential  mission,  and  his  tragic 
death,  all  furnish  materials  of  absorbing  interest  to  every  boy  and  girl  in 
oar  schools. 

Story  of  the  American  Sailor. — E.  S.  Brooks.  Pp.  336. 
D.  Lothrop  &  Co.  2.25. 

Story  of  the  American  Soldier. — E.  S.  Brooks.  Pp.  350. 
D.  Lothi'op  &  Co.  2.25. 

In  these  two  volumes  there  are  chapters  on  explorers  and  adventurer? 
on  sea  and  land,  stories  of  revolutionary  exploits,  and  a  general  resiime 
of  the  war  history  of  our  country,  all  collated  by  the  editor  from  original 
documents. 

Stories  of  American  Progress. — Henrietta  C.  Wright. 
lUustrated.     Pp.  333.     Charles  Scribner's  Sons.    1.25. 

These  stories  practically  embody  a  complete  and  interesting  review  of 
United  States  history,  and  they  hold  the  attention  of  children  where  an 
avowed  text-book  will  fail. 

The  Two  Great  Retreats  of  History. — Edited  by  D.  H. 
Montgomery.  Pp.  318.  Ginn  &  Co.  (Classics  for 
Children.)  Boards.     Net,  .40. 

Postage,  .14. 

The  retreat  of  the  "  Ten  Thousand,"  told  originally  by  Xenophon,  and 
Napoleon's  retreat  from  burning  Moscow  are  the  "two  great  retreats." 

Captains  of  Industry. — James  Parton.  Illustrated.  Pp. 
399.     Houghton,  Mifflin  &  Co.  1.25. 

Mr.  Parton  knew  how  to  write  biographies  ;  in  this  volume  he  has  re- 
counted the  lives  of  over  forty  men  of  business  who  were  able,  it  seems, 
to  do  something  besides  making  money.  Our  American  boys  should  read 
many  such  volumes  ;  Mammon- worship  might  not  then  be  our  all  absorb- 
ing business  of  life. 

Portraits  and  Biographical  Sketches  of  Twenty  Ameri- 
can Authors. — Pp.  78.  Houghton,  Mifflin  &  Co.  (Kiv- 
erside  Literature  Series,  No.  A.)  Paper.     Net,  .15. 

Girls  who  Became  Famous. — Sarah  K.  Bolton.  Illus- 
trated.    Pp.  347.     T.  Y.  Crowell  &  Co.  1.50. 

Short  biographies  of  a  score  or  so  of  the  gentler  sex,  including  Mrs.  H. 
B.  Stowe,  Madame  de  Stael,  George  Eliot,  Lady  Brassey,  and  Margaret 
Fuller  Ossoli. 


40  FIVE  HUNDRED  BOOKS 

About  Old  Stoey-Tellees.— D.  G.  Mitchell  (Ik  Marvel). 
Illustrated.     Pp.  237.     Charles  Scribner's  Sons.     1.25. 

De  Foe,  Bunyan,  Goldsmith,  and  others  of  the  story-telling  fraternity 
are  here  set  forth  in  their  habit  as  they  lived,  and  the  characteristics  of 
their  writings  are  made  clear  to  children, 

A  ScoEE  OF  Famous  Composees. — Nathan  H.  Dole.     Illus- 
trated.    Pp.  540.     T.  Y.  CroweU  &  Co.  1.50. 

Commencing  with  Palestrina,  "the  Prince  of  Music,"  and  ending  with 
Wagner,  this  volume  gives  us  a  series  of  interesting  sketches  of  the  most 
noted  of  the  world's  musicians, 

SIXTH-READER  GRADES. 

Frt'TEEN  Decisive  Battles  of  the  World. — E.  S.  Creasy. 
Pp.  364.     Harper  &  Brothers.  1.00. 

A  masterpiece,  vmique  of  its  kind,  constituting  a  short  but  somewhat 
dry  cut  through  the  history  of  the  world  down  to  modern  times. 

The  Jesuits  in  Noeth  Ameeica. — Francis  Parkman.     Pp. 
449.     Little,  Brown  &  Co.  2.50. 

Relates  the  wonderful  efforts  and  heroic  sufferings  of  these  devoted  men 
in  their  attempts  to  Christianize  and  civilize  the  Indians  of  Jsorth 
America. 

Knickeebockee's  Histoey  of  New  Yoek. — Washington  Ir- 
ving.    Pp.  325.     G.  P.  Putnam's  Sons.  1.00. 

No  American  boy,  and  certainly  no  boy  who  is  so  extraordinarily  blessed 
as  to  be  born  on  the  Island  of  Manhattan,  can  call  himself  well  read  if  he 
has  not  pored  over  and  inwardly  digested,  this  chef-cCoeuvre  of  our  own 
genial  historian. 

Life  of  John   James  Audubon. — Edited  by  his  Widow. 
With  Portrait.    Pp.  343.     G.  P.  Putnam's  Sons.     1.75. 

An  interesting  story  of  the  life  of  our  great  naturalist. 

The   Stoey  of  the  Filibustees, — James  Jeffrey  Eoche. 
Blustrated.     Pp.  373.     MacmiUan  &  Co.  1.50. 

The  filibustering  parties  that  went  from  the  United  States  were  not  a 
few,  and  this  volume  of  ''  The  Adventure  Series  "  has  an  interest  for  i  s 
greater  than  any  other  of  the  series.  ''  The  Life  of  Colonel  David 
Crockett "  is  included  in  this  volume. 


GEOGRAPHY,  TRAVELS,  AND  AD- 
VENTURES 

THIRD-READER  GRADES. 

Adrift  in  the  Ice-fields. — C.  W.  Hall.  Illustrated.  Pp. 
326.     Lee  &  Shepard.  1.25. 

A  party  of  hunters  are  carried  away  among  the  ice-drifts.  This  vol- 
ume describes  their  adventures,  and  dwells  briefly  on  the  customs  and 
sports  of  high  latitudes. 

All  Among  the  Light-houses. — Mary  B.  Crowninshield. 
niustrated.     Pp.  392.     D.  Lothrop  Co.  2.50. 

A  description  of  the  light-houses  visited  during  a  cruise  along  the  coast 
of  Maine. 

Children  of  the  Cold. — Frederick  Schwatka.  Illus- 
trated.    Pp.  212.     Cassell  &  Co.  1.25. 

A  charming  story,  told  in  familiar  language,  of  the  Eskimos  whom  this 
Arctic  explorer  met  during  his  sojourn  in  the  polar  regions. 

Little  People  of  Asia. — Olive  Thome  Miller.  Illus- 
trated.    Pp.  405.     E.  P.  Button  &  Co.  2.50. 

Stories  for  little  people  about  the  strange  life  of  children  in  Asia,  with 
brief  sketches  of  Asiatic  manners  and  customs. 

Seven  Little  Sisters.  —  Jane  Andrews.  Illustrated. 
Pp.  146.  Lee  &  Shepard.  School  Edition.  Net,  .50. 
Postage,  .06. 

In  their  catalogue  the  publishers  print  the  full  title  of  this  little  volume 
thus  :  ''  The  Seven  Little  Sisters  who  Live  on  the  Round  Globe  that 
Floats  in  the  Air,  "  the  seven  sisters  being  little  girls  who  dwell  in 
widely  separated  countries.  A  good  introduction  to  the  study  of  geog- 
raphy. 

Seven   Little   Sisters    Prove   their  Sisterhood.  —Jane 

Andrews.      Illustrated.      Pp.    162.  Lee    &    Shepard. 

School  Edition.  Net,  .50. 
Postage,  .06. 

A  sequel  to  the  above,  in  which  the  author  gives  more  information 
about  these  interesting  little  girls,  all  of  which  is  intended  to  prove  the 
kinship  of  the  various  human  races. 


42  FIVE  HUNDRED  BOOKS 


FOURTH-READER  GRADES. 

BoDLEYS  Afoot. — Horace  E.  Scudder.  Illustrated.  Pp. 
222.     Houghton,  IVIifflin  &  Co.  Boards.     1.50. 

The  ubiquitous  Bodley  family  make  a  pedestrian  trip  from  Boston  to 
New  York,  and  have  much  to  say  about  the  various  objects  of  interest, 
historical  and  literary,  that  they  meet  during  the  journey. 

BoDLEYS  ON  Wheels. — Horace  E.  Scudder.  Illustrated. 
Pp.  202.     Houghton,  Mifflin  &  Co.  Boards.     1.50. 

In  a  carry-all  drawn  by  two  horses  the  Bodleys  cruise  on  wheels  through 
Essex  County,  Mass.,  and  discourse  entertainingly  on  the  things  they  hear 
and  the  sights  they  see. 

Boys  Coastwise. — W.  H.  Eideing.  Pp.  365.  D.  Apple- 
ton  &  Co.  Boards.     1.75. 

The  adventures  of  a  party  of  boys  along  our  northern  coast,  with  much 
information  about  the  life-saving  stations,  light-iiouses,  etc. 

Boys  in  the  Mountains  and  on  the  Plains. — W.  H.  Ride- 
in  g.     Illustrated.     Pp.  315.     D.  Appleton  &  Co. 

2.50. 

The  western  adventures  of  a  party  of  boys  among  the  Sierra  Nevadas 
and  elsewhere.  The  author  of  these  two  volumes  was  formerly  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Geographical  Survey  under  Lieutenant  Wheeler. 

Family  Flight  Around  Home. — E.  E.  and  Susan  Hale. 
Pp.  366.     D.  Lothrop  &  Co.  Boards.      1.75. 

Some  leisurely  travellers  "  take  in"  the  principal  towns  and  interest- 
ing localities  of  Northern  New  York  and  the  New  England  States,  and, 
after  the  fashion  of  their  kind,  they  talk  learnedly  and  entertainingly 
about  the  Revolutionary  War  and  other  matters. 

Great  African  Travellers. — W.  H.  G.  Kingston  and  C. 
R.  Low.  Illustrated.  Pp.  146.  George  Routledge 
&  Sons.  2.50. 

A  narrative  of  African  exploration  from  the  days  of  Bruce  and  Mungo 
Park  (1795)  to  the  last  exploits  of  H.  M.  Stanley. 

Heroes  of  the  Desert. — Illustrated.  Pp.  343.  Thomas 
Nelson  &  Sons.  1.25. 

Stories  of  the  explorations  and  adventures  of  Dr.  Livingstone  and  Mr. 
Moflfat  in  the  "  Dark  Continent." 


GEOGRAPHY,    TRAVELS,    AND  ADVEXTVRES     43 

Lost  in  the  Jungle. — Paul  Du  Chaillu.    Illustrated.    Pp. 
260.     Harper  &  Brothers.  1.50. 

Stories  of  the  strange  inhabitants  of  the  African  jungle,  of  wild  beasts 
and  wilder  men,  are  here  set  down  for  the  instruction  and  entertainment 
of  young  people. 

JVIan-of-War  Life. — Charles  Nordhoffl     Illustrated.     Pp. 
286.     Dodd,  Mead  &  Co.  1.00. 

The  Merchant  Vessel. — Charles  Nordhoff.     Illustrated. 
Pp.  288.     Dodd,  Mead  &  Co.  1.00. 

Both  of  these  books  are  good  reading  for  those  young  Americans  of  an 
adventurous  turn  of  mind  wl:o  are  passing  through  the  various  stages  of 
marine  fever.  Both  books  can  be  obtained  bound  in  one  volume  for 
one  dollar  and  fifty  cents. 

Personally  Conducted. — Frank  E.  Stockton.     Illustrated. 
Pp.  240.     Charles  Scribner's  Sons.  2.00. 

A  volume  of  foreign  travel  from  Rome  to  the  Low  Countries,  in  which 
the  author  discourses  pleasantly  enough  to  an  imaginary  party  of  youth- 
ful sight -seers  about  the  interesting  places  they  visit. 

Stories  of  Discovery. — Edited  by  E.  E.  Hale.     Pp.  290. 
Koberts  Brothers.  1.00. 

Mr.  Hale  by  collating  the  original  narratives  of  the  great  discoverers 
lets  thorn  tell  the  stories  largely  in  the  first  person. 

Stories  of  the  Sea. — Edited  by  E.  E.  Hale.     Pp.  300. 
Roberts  Brothers.  1.00. 

Stories  of  famous  voyages  told  by  the  sailors  who  took  part  in  them. 

Stories  of  Ad\-enture. — Edited  by  E.  E.  Hale.     Pp.  312. 
Robei-ts  Brothers.  1.00. 

Told  by  the  adventurers  themselves,  collated  from  original  documents. 

Stories    of    the   Gorilla   Country. — Paul    Du   Chaillu. 
niustrated.     Pp.292.     Harper  &•  Brothers.  1.50. 

Mr.  Du  Chaillu,  like  most  people,  talks  interestingly  about  matters 
that  he  understands.  He  knows  all  about  the  "  gorilla  country,"  and  in 
these  stories  he  does  for  children  what  purely  scientific  records  of  travel 
as  a  rule  never  do,  i.e.,  interests  and  instructs  them. 

The  Viking  Bodley. — Horace  E.   Scudder.     Illustrated. 
Pp.  190.     Houghton,  Mifflin  &  Co.  Boards.     1.50. 

The  third  generation  of  the  always  interesting  Bodley  family,  in  their 
inherited  quest  for  knowledge,  now  betake  themselves  to  the  land  of  the 
midnight  sun.  otherwise  Norway  on  the  maps,  and  there,  after  the  well- 
recognized  manner  of  their  peripatetic  ancestors,  cram  themselves  full  of 
valuable  information,  Norse  and  otherwise. 


44  FIVE  HUNDItED  BOOKS 

Wild  Life  [inder  the  Equator. — Paul  Du  Chaillu.     Illus- 
trated.    Pp.  232.     Harper  &  Brothers.  1.50. 

Mr.  Du  Chaillu  must  have  had  a  most  varied  and  satisfactory  expe.i- 
ence  while  he  tarried  in  Africa.  If  in  this  book  there  is  any  kind  of  an- 
imal or  savage  that  he  failed  to  have  a  bout  with,  it  has  escaped  our 
memory  or  Mr.  Du  Chaillu's  bullet. 

Wild  Adventures  in  Wild  Places. — Gordon  Stables,  M.D. 
lUustrated.     Pp.  176.     Cassell  &  Co.      Boards.     1.25. 

Dr.  Stables  is  always  at  home  in  relating  stories  of  adventure  for 
youthful  readers.     He  is  an  authority  on  such  matters  in  England. 

FIFTH-READER  GRADES. 

Astoria. — Washington    Irving.     Pp.    649.     G.    P.    Put- 
nam's Sons.  1.00. 

The  wonderful  country  that  Captain  Gray  made  a  part  of  the  United 
States  had  in  the  author  a  genial  chronicler  of  its  early  development ; 
he  tells  here  the  story  of  John  Jacob  Astor's  enterprise  beyond  the 
Rocky  Mountains. 

Adventures  of  Captain  Bonneville. — Washington  Irving. 
Pp.  603.     G.  P.  Putnam's  Sons.  1.00. 

Captain  Bonneville's  adventures  were  in  the  Rocky  Mountains,  in 
what  was,  in  those  days,  called  the  "Far  West." 

Ascents    and     Adventures. — Henry    Frith.      Pp.     320. 
George  Routledge  &  Sons.  1.25. 

A  record  of  mountain- climbing  and  adventure. 

Boy  Travellers  in  Japan  and  China. — T.  W.  Knox.     Il- 
lustrated.    Pp.  422.     Harper  &  Brothers.  3.00. 

The  first  of  these  richly  illustrated  and  fascinating  books  of  travel, 
written  for  boys  by  Colonel  Knox.  Two  young  men  have  travelled  into 
the  far  Orient,  and  here  we  are  told  what  they  saw  and  did. 

Boy  Travellers  in  Siam  and  Java. — T.  W.  Knox.     Illus- 
trated.    Pp.  446.     Hai-per  &  Brothers.  3.00. 

Our  youthful  travellers  now  venture  among  the  strange  people  who  live 
in  Cochm-China,  Cambodia,  Sumatra,  and  the  Malay  Archipelago. 

Boy  Travellers  in  Ceylon  and  India. — T.  W.  Knox.     Il- 
lustrated.    Pp.  484     Harper  &  Brothers.  3.00. 

Many  maps  accompany  this  volume,  illustrating  every  detail  of  the 
journey.  In  this  respect  it  is  a  veritable  geography  ;  descriptions  of 
Borneo,  the  Philippine  Islands,  and  Burmah  are  included. 


GEOGRAPHY,   TRAVELS,   AND  ADVENTURES     45 

Boy  Travellers  in  Egypt  and  the  Holy  Land. — T.  W. 
Knox.     Illustrated.     Pp.  438.     Harper  &  Brothers. 

3.00. 

The  manners  and  customs  of  the  people  in  these  interesting  countries 
are,  as  the  magazine  prospectus  would  say,  "  graphically  portrayed  with 
pen  and  pencil." 

Boy  Travellers  Through  Africa. — T.  W.  Knox.     Illus- 
trated.    Pp.  474.     Harper  &  Brothers.  3.00. 

A  complete  resume  of  African  exploration,  written  up  to  date,  is  herein 
set  forth. 

Boy  Travellers  in  the  Russian  Empire. — T.  W.  Knox. 
Illustrated.     Pp.  506.     Harper  &  Brothers.  3.00 

The  geography  and  history  of  the  Tsar's  broad  empire,  including  Si- 
beria, are  served  up  here  in  the  guise  of  a  book  of  adventure. 

Boy  Travellers  on  the  Congo. — T.  W.  Knox.     Illustrated. 
Pp.  464.     Harper  &  Brothers.  3.00. 

Practically  the  story  of  Mr.  Stanley's  "Through  the  Dark  Continent," 
retold  for  our  boys. 

Boy  Travellers   in   Australasia. — T.    W.    Knox.     Illus- 
trated.    Pp.  538.     Harper  &  Brothers.  3.00 

Australia,  the  Samoan,  Feejee,  and  Sandwich  Islands,  are  but  a  tithe 
of  the  places  that  our  young  "  globe-trotters  "  visit  in  this  volume. 

Book  of  Not.able  Voyages. — W.  H.  G.  Kingston.     Illus- 
trated.    Pp.  621.     George  Routledge  &  Sons.         1.50 

A  resume  for  boys  of  all  the  great  voyagers  from  Columbus  to  Parry. 

Captain  Cook's  Voyages  Around  the  World. — A.  Kippes. 
Illustrated.     Pp.  424.     Porter  &  Coates.  .75. 

The  voyages  and  adventures  of  this  famous  navigator  from  his  birth  to 
his  death. 

Our  Boys  in  China. — H.  W.  French.     Illustrated.     Pp. 
424.     Lee  &  Shepard.  Boards.     1.75. 

The  adventures  of  two  young  Americans  who  are  wrecked  in  the  China 
Sea. 

Java   the  Pearl   of  the  East. — Mrs.  S.    J.   Higginson. 
With  Map.     Pp.  204.     Houghton,  Mifflin  &  Co.      .75. 

Much  information  concerning  the  scenery,  the  wealth,  and  natural  re- 
sources of  Java  is  here  given  to  those  who  desire  it. 

NiMROD  IN  THE  NoRTH. — Frederick  Schwatka.     Illustrated. 
Pp.  198.     Cassell  &  Co.  Boards.     1.25. 

Hunting  and  fishing  adventures  in  the  Arctic  regions. 


46  FIVE  HUNDRED  BOOKS 

The  YouNa  Nimrods  in  North  America. — T.  W.  Knox. 
Illustrated.     Pp.  300.     Harper  &  Brothers.  2.50. 

The  Young  Nimrods  Around  the  World. — T.  W.  Knox. 
lUustrated.     Pp.  326.     Harper  &  Brothers.  2.50. 

Two  volumes  descriptive  of  hunting  in  all  parts  of  the  world. 

The  Voyage  of  the  Vivian  to  the  North  Pole. — T.  W. 
Knox.     Dlustrated.     Pp.    298.     Harper   &   Brothers. 

2.50. 

An  imaginary  journey  which  gives  the  author  an  opportunity  to 
deliver  a  series  of  lectures  on  Arctic  geography  and  Arctic  life. 

Famous  Travels  and  Travellers. — Jules  Verne.  Illus- 
trated.    Pp.  432.     Charles  Scribner's  Sons.  2.50. 

The  first  volume  of  M.  Verne's  story  of  the  exploration  of  the  world. 
In  this  book  children  are  introduced  to  many  names  already  known  to 
them  and  others  not  so  well  known.  The  matter  is  brilliantly  handled 
in  the  familiar  "  Vernesque  "  style. 

The  Great  Navigators  of  the  Eighteenth  Century. — 
Jules  Verne.  Illustrated.  Pp.  409.  Charles  Scrib- 
ner's Sons.  2.50. 

The  second  volume  of  M.  Verne's  history  of  the  exploration  of  the 
world,  as  interesting  and  as  entertaining  as  its  predecessor. 

The  Great  Explorers  of  the  Nineteenth  Century. — 
Jules  Verne.  Illustrated.  Pp.  378.  Charles  Scrib- 
ner's Sons.  2.50. 

The  third  and  concluding  volume  of  the  above  series  in  which  M. 
Verne  has  fully  told  the  wonderful  stories  of  all  the  great  travellers,  ex- 
plorers, and  discoverers,  from  Hanno  and  Herodotus  to  Livingstone  and 
Stanley,  who  have  sought  out  what  were  once  the  uttermost  parts  of  the 
world. 

Wild  Men  and  Wild  Beasts. — W.  Gordon  Cummin g. 
Illustrated.     Pp.  372.     Charles  Scribner's  Sons.     1.50. 

Lieutenant-Colonel  Gumming  is  a  mighty  hunter,  and  here  gives  what 
is  almost  an  autobiographical  account  of  his  hunting  exploits  in  Africa 
and  Asia. 

SIXTH-READER  GRADES. 

Boots  and  Saddles. — Mrs.  E.  B.  Custer,  With  Portrait. 
Pp.  312.     Harper  &  Brothers.  1.50. 

A  story  of  military  life  with  General  Custer  among  the  Indians  of 
Dakota,  written  by  his  widow. 


GEOGRAPHY,    TRAVELS,   AND  ADVEXTURES     47 

Business  Life  in  Ancient  Rome. — Charles  G.  HerbermaDn. 
Pp.  74     Harper  &  Brothers.     (Half-Hour  Series.) 

Paper.     .20. 

Professor  Herbermann  in  this  small  volume  has  given  us  an  instructive 
and  authoritative  statement  of  the  manner  in  which  business  was  trans- 
acted by  the  ancient  Romans. 

Along  the  Florida  Reef. — Charles  F.  Holder.  Illus- 
trated.    Pp.  273.     D.  Appleton  &  Co.  1.50 

The  author  has  the  art  of  telling  the  stories  of  natural  history  in  a  way 
to  delight  young  people.  A  narrative  of  personal  research  and  adven- 
ture which  rivals  in  interest  a  work  of  fiction. 

A  Day  in  Ancient  Rome. — Edgar  S.  Shumwaj.  Illus- 
trated. Pp.  96.  D.  C.  Health  &  Co.  Net,  .75. 
Postage,  .07. 

A  readable  account  of  life  in  Rome,  with  descriptions  of  ancient  build- 
ings and  monuments. 

In  the  Wilderness. — Charles  Dudley  Warner.  Pp.  226. 
Houghton,  Mifflin  &  Co.  1.00. 

A  series  of  pleasant  essays  descriptive  of  summer  life  in  the  Adiroii- 
dacks. 

Literary  Lant)marks  of  Edinburgh. — Laurence  Hutton. 
lUustrated.     Pp.  136.     Harper  &  Brothers.  LOO. 

The  result  of  much  painstaking  research  and  of  a  personal  visit  to 
most  of  the  literary  nooks  and  corners  of  Edinburgh. 

Mexico.— M.  E.  Blake  and  M.  F.  SuUivan.  Pp.  228. 
Lee  &  Shepard.  1.25. 

One  of  the  few  veracious  and  at  the  same  time  readable  accounts  of  the 
Mexico  of  to-day,  picturesque,  political,  and  progressive. 

Mutineers  of  the  Bounty. — Lady  Belcher.  Illustrated. 
Pp.  378.     Harper  &  Brothers.  1.50. 

Lady  Belcher  was  the  stepdaughter  of  Captain  Hey  wood,  one  of  the 
midshipmen  on  the  "  Bounty."  8he  tells  the  story  of  the  famous  mutinj'-, 
and  gives  a  description  of  the  lives  of  the  descendants  of  the  mutineers, 
first  on  Pitcairn  Island  and  subsequently  on  Norfolk  Island. 

Round  THY  House. — Philip  G.  Hamerton.  Pp.416.  Rob- 
erts Brothers.  2.00. 

A  sympathetic  narrative  of  rural  life  in  France  in  peace  and  war,  by 
the  sensible  and  intelligent  editor  of  ''The  Portfolio." 


THE  AKTS   AND  THE    SCIENCES 


THTRD-READER  GRADES. 

Aunt  Martha's  Corner  Cupboard. — M.  and  E.  Kirby.     Il- 
lustrated.    Pp.  141.     Thomas  Nelson  &  Sons.  .60. 

A  good  idea,  worked  out,  however,  in  none-too-good  English  ;  a  sim- 
ple, domestic  story  of  where  the  various  articles  in  a  cupboard  come  from, 
and  how  they  are  prepared. 

A  World  of  Little  People. — R.  M.  Alden.     Pp.  76.     D. 
Lothrop  Co.  .75. 

A  little  book  about  ants,  bees,  and  other  insects  ;  it  is  in  story  form, 
the  scene  ot  the  story  being  an  ant-hill. 

Buz  ;  OR,  The  Life  and  Adventures  of  a  Honey-bee. — 
Maurice  Noel.     Pp.  134.     Henry  Holt  &  Co.  1.00. 

Describes  in  simi^le  language  the  habits  of  bees. 

Child's  Book  of  Nature. — W.  Hooker,  M.D.    Illustrated. 
Pp.  212.     American  Book  Co.     Three  Parts  in  one. 

Net,  1.00. 
Postage,  .13. 

A  well-known,  but  not  too  interesting  a  book  on  animal  and  vegetable 
life  and  natural  science  ;  probably  the  most  comprehensive  volume  of  its 
kind. 

Fairy  Frisket.— C.  M.  Tucker  (A.  L.  O.  E.).     Illustrated. 
Pp.  195.     Thomas  Nelson  &  Sons.  .80. 

The  habits  and  lives  of  insects  are  told  to  little  children  in  the  guise  of 
fairy  tales. 

Fairy  Land  of  Flowers. — Mara  L.   Pratt.     Illustrated. 
Pp.181.     Educational  Publishing  Co.     Boards.     1.00. 

An  elementary  hand-book  of  botany,  diversified  with  interesting  prose 
and  poetical  readings  ;  a  volume  highly  praised  by  teachers. 

Four  Feet,  Two  Feet,  and  No  Feet. — L.  E.  Eichards. 
lUustrated.    Estes  &  Lanriat.    Pp.  282.  Boards.     1.75. 

Simple  lessons  describing  the  lives  and  habits  of  familiar  domestic 
animals. 


THE  ARTS  AND   THE  SCIENCES  49 

Ix  Seakch  of  a  Son. — Uncle  Lawrence  (Pseudonym). 
Pp.  229.     J.  B.  Lippincott  Co.  1.50. 

A  story  for  children,  in  which  the  useful  facts  of  common  science  are 
pleasantly  set  iorth  by  a  chemist,  who  is  incidentally  in  search  of  his  lost 
wife  and  son. 

Little  Flower  People. — Gertrude  E.  Hale.  Illustrated. 
Pp.  85.     Ginn  &  Co.  Net,  .40. 

Postage,  .07. 

An  attempt  to  tell  the  elementary  facts  of  plant  life  in  such  a  way  as 
to  appeal  successfully  to  the  child's  interest. 

Le.^ening  about  Common  Things. — Jacob  Abbott.  Pp. 
192.     Harper  &  Brothers.  .75. 

A  very  elementary  little  volume  intended  to  assist  the  ^rst  develop- 
ment of  a  child's  mind  as  to  the  "whys,"  and  "wherefores"  of  things 
around  him. 

Look-about  Club,  —  Mary  E.  Bamf ord.  Illustrated.  Pp. 
187.     D.  Lothrop  Co.  1.50. 

Some  children  form  a  natural-history  club  and  collect  specimens  about 
which  the  stories  that  make  up  the  book  are  told. 

Little  Folks  in  Feathers  and  Furs. — O.  T.  Miller.  Il- 
lustrated.    Pp.  368.     E.  P.  Dutton  &  Co.  1.75. 

About  animals  and  insects. 

Letters  from  a  Cat. — Helen  Hunt  Jackson  (H.  H.).  Il- 
lustrated.    Pp.  89.     Koberts  Brothers.  1.25. 

A  book,  in  large  print,  about  cats  and  their  characteristics,  and,  as  it 
seems  to  us,  well  written.  This  volume,  with  two  other  stories,  entitled 
"Mammy  Tittleback  and  her  Family,"  and  "  The  Hunter  Cats  of  Con- 
norloa,"  are  bound  in  one  volume  and  sold  for  two  dollars. 

Books  and  Brook  Basins. — Alex.  E.  Frye.  Illustrated. 
Pp.  119.     Ginn  &  Co.  Net,  .58. 

Postage,  .06. 

A  commendable  attempt  to  inspire  children  with  a  love  for  geography. 

Story  Mother  Nature  Told  Her  Children. — Jane  An- 
drews. Illustrated.  Pp.  161.  Lee  &  Shepard. 
(School  Edition.)  Net,  .50. 
Postage,  .06. 

All  kinds  of  science  stories  about  all  kinds  of  things  ;  a  well-considered 
introduction  to  oub-door  work  in  elementary  science. 

Three  Little  Spades. — Anna  B.  "Warner.  Pp.  268. 
Harper  k  Brothers.  ./^'^''c"qFT"/d'**'^*s».  1.^^- 

A  child's  book  of  gardening.      /^^    \,         ^^^^ 

university) 


50  FIVE  HUNDRED  BOOKS 

The  Kingdom  of  Coins. — J.  B.  Gilman.     Illustrated.     Pp. 
36.     Boberts  Brothers.  Boards.     .60. 

Tommy  goes  to  sleep  and  in  his  dreams  he  meets  a  Mr.  Midas  who 
introduces  him  to  many  carious  corns  of  all  kinds,  among  whom  he  finds 
the  •'  Bad  Penny"  that  always  turns  up,  the  "  Crooked  Sixpence,"  and  a 
lot  of  other  proverbial  coins.     An  original  idea  well  worked  out. 

What   Sh.\ll  We  Talk  About  ?—Elustrated.     Pp.    320. 
T.  Nelson  &  Sons.  1.00. 

Interesting  information  in  story  form  about  ordinary  animal  life  and 
everyday  scientific  facts. 

FOURTH-READER  GRADKS. 

A  Frozen  Dragon. — Charles  F.  Holder.    Illustrated.     Pp. 
285.     Dodd,  Mead  &  Co.  2.00. 

A  book  of  natural  history  stories,  interestingly  told,  for  boys  and  girls. 

Among  the  Moths  and  Butterflies. — Julia  P.  Ballard. 
Illustrated.     Pp.  237.     G.  P.  Putnam's  Sons.         1.50. 

A  handsomely  illustrated  volume,  in  which  the  stories  of  the  moths  and 
butterflies  are  told  in  the  simplest  of  language  by  a  competent  authority. 

A  Boy's  Workshop. — With   an   Introduction   by  H.   R. 
Waite.     Pp.  221.     D.  Lothrop  &  Co.  1.00. 

Said  to  be  wTritten  "  by  a  boy  and  his  friends."  At  any  rate  the  reader 
is  initiated  at  once  into  the  mysteries  of  a  bewildering  number  of  opera- 
tions, from  tying  a  knot  to  taking  a  photograph. 

Black  Beauty. — A.  Sewell.    Illustrated.    Pp.  245.    Ameri- 
can Humane  Education  Society  of  Boston.  Boards.  .20. 

The  autobiography  of  a  horse,  a  book  about  which  everybody  is,  or  ha.s 
been,  talking  ;  a  strong  plea  for  humane  treatment  of  animals. 

Birds  Through  an  Opera-glass. — F.  A.  Merriam.     Illus- 
trated.    Pp.  223.     Houghton,  Mifflin  &  Co.  .75. 

A  New  York  paper  says  it  is  "a  capital  text-book  of  the  right  sort  for 
young  observers  in  natural  hi-btory." 

Boys  and  Girls  in  Biology. — S.  H.  Stevenson.     Pp.  186. 
D.  Appleton  &  Co.  1.50. 

Simple  studies  of  the  lower  forms  of  life  based  on  the  latest  lectures 
of  Professor  Huxley. 

Coal  and  the  Coal  Mines. — Homer  Greene.     Illustrated. 
Pp.  246.     Houghton,  Mifflin  &  Co.  .75. 

The  author  is  evidently  well  acquainted  with  his  subject,  and  tells 
clearly  of  how  coal  was  originally  found,  and  how  it  is  obtained  at  pres- 
ent. 


THE  ARTS  AXD   THE  SCIENCES  51 

Chemic.il  History  of  a  Candle. — Michael  Faraday.  Il- 
lustrated.    Pp.  2:24.     Harper  &  Brothers.  .85. 

In  this  volume  the  illustrious  author  has  given  us  six  simple  yet 
scientific  lectures  on  the  chemistry  of  a  candle,  and  one  more,  for  good 
measure,  on  platinum. 

Friends  Worth  Knowing. — Ernest  Ingersoll.  Illustrated. 
Pp.  258.     Harper  &  Brothers.  1.00. 

A  profusely  illustrated  volume,  giving  the  child  animated  glimpses  of 
natural  history  researches. 

Fairy  Land  of  Science. —Arabella  B.  Buckley  (Mrs. 
Fisher).     Illustrated.     Pp.  214.     D.  Appleton  &  Co. 

1.50. 

Probably  the  most  delightful  volume  on  heat,  cold,  forms  of  water,  and 
natural  science  generally  that  has  ever  been  written.  If  your  class 
haven't  read  this  book,  get  it  for  them  at  once. 

History  of  a  Mouthful  of  Bread. — Jean  Mace.  Pp.  400. 
Harper  &  Brothers.  1.75. 

An  interesting  story,  written  in  the  form  of  letters  that  are  easily  un- 
derstood by  a  child  of  ten,  of  the  course  and  etfects  of  food  on  the 
organization  of  men  and  animals. 

How  TO  Get  Strong.  — William  Blaikie.  Illustrated.  Pp. 
296.     Harper  &  Brothers.  1.00. 

Sound  advice  for  those  who  will  take  it  for  daily  exercise,  instructions 
for  home  gymnastics,  and  an  easy  and  profitable  routine  of  practice,  are 
all  pleasantly  sketched  herein. 

Little  People. — Stella  L.  Hook.  Illustrated.  Pp.  228. 
Charles  Scribner's  Sons.  1.50. 

Much  astonishing  information  about  insects  is  made  known  in  this 
beautifully  illustrated  volume. 

Madam  How  and  Lady  Why. — Charles  Kingsley.  Illus- 
trated. Pp.  322.  MacmiUan  &  Co.  Net,  .50. 
Postage,  .08. 

A  little  volume  about  coral  reefs,  volcanoes,  and  earth-lore  generallj', 
in  which  Canon  Kingsl'-y  makes  the  since  oft-repeated,  but  not  always 
successful  attempt  to  teach  children  to  use  their  eyes,  ears,  and  what 
common-sense  they  may  possess. 

On  Christian  Art. — Edith  Healey.  Pp.  114.  Benziger 
Brothers.  .50. 

Miss  Healey,  who  by  the  way  is  the  daughter  of  the  well-known  Ameri- 
can artist  of  the  same  name,  takes  up  in  this  little  book  the  beginnings  of 


52  FIVE  HUNDRED  BOOKS 

early  Christian  art,  and  then  carries  the  reader,  by  means  of  brief 
chapters,  through  all  the  great  schools  of  painters  and  sculptors  down  to 
the  art  of  our  own  times.  The  value  of  this  little  volume  is  further  en- 
hanced by  an  introduction  written  by  Bishop  Spalding  of  Peoria. 

Popular   Natueal   History. — J.    G.    Wood.     Illustrated. 
Pp.  524.     Harper  &  Brothers.  Net,  .75. 

Postage,  .10. 

What  the  Rev.  Mr.  Wood  doesn't  know  about  natural  history  isn't 
worth  knowing,  and  in  this  book  he  tells  you  much  of  what  he  knows, 
and  more  of  what  you  don't  know. 

Plixy  foe  Boys  and  Girls. — Edited  by  John  S.  White. 
Illustrated.     Pp.  326.     G.  P.  Putnam's  Sons.  2.50. 

An  admirably  annotated  digest  of  a  classic  work  on  natural  history. 

Tenants   of   an  Old    Farm.— H.    C.  McCook.     Pp.    460. 
Fords,  Howard  &  Hurlburt.  1.50. 

A  charming  serial  of  nature  and  an  accurate  account  of  spiders  and 
other  insects,  told  in  a  pleasing,  colloquial  style.  Would  that  we  could 
take  a  ramble  in  the  woods  with  this  Philadelphia  doctor  ! 

Town  Geology. — Charles  Kingsley.     Pp.  336.     D.  Apple- 
ton  &  Co.  1.50. 

A  valuaVjle  book,  but  "  written  down,"  at  times  annoy  in  gly  so,  to  what 
Mr.  Kmgsley  thinks  is  the  child's  level.  A  book,  however,  well  worth 
looking  at. 

The  Story  of  Music  and  Musicians. — Lucy  C.  Lillie.     Il- 
lustrated.    Pp.  246.     Harper  &  Brothers.  1.00. 

Commencing  with  the  origin  of  the  pianoforte  it  describes  the  develop- 
ment of  that  instrument,  and  then  gives  brief  and  interesting  sketches  of 
the  great  composers. 

The  E.\rth  in  Past   Ages. — Sophia   B.    Herrick.     Illus- 
trated.    Pp.  208.     Harper  &  Brothers.  .60. 

A  geology  for  young  people,  which  commencing  with  the  traces  of  past 
forces  graven  on  the  rocks  proceeds  to  explain  how  ice,  fire,  water,  and 
air  have  thus  marked  the  surface  of  the  earth. 

Up  and  Down  the  Brooks. — Mary  E.   Bamford.     Blus- 
trated.     Pp.  222.     Houghton,  Mifflin  &  Co.  .75. 

Sketches  of  natural  history,  breezy  accounts  of  frogs,  boys,  water- 
lizards,  and  other  elusive  animals,  all  told  pleasantly  and  well. 

What  Mr.  Darwin  Saw. — Charles    Darwin.     Illustrated. 
Pp.  236.     Harper  &  Brothers.  3.00. 

The  full  title  of  this  book  is  "What  Mr.  Darwin  Saw  in  his  Voyage 
Round  the  World  in  the  Ship  Beagle,"  which  we  think  explains  itself 
fully.  Sir  John  Lubbock  listed  the  larger  volume — of  which  this  is  an 
abridgment— among  the  ''One  Hundred  Best  Books  "  that  nobody  ever 
reads. 


THE  ARTS  AND   THE  SCIENCES  53 


FIFTH-READER  GRADES. 

A  Naturalist's  Kambles  about  Home. — Charles  C.  Abbott. 
Pp.  485.     D.  Appleton  &  Co.  1.50. 

Tells  what  one  may  see,  if  he  only  knows  how,  on  an  every-day  coun- 
try walk,  of  the  tiny  inhabitants  of  our  woods  and  meadows. 

Days  out  of  Doors.— Charles  C.  Abbott.     Pp.  323.     D. 
Appleton  &  Co.  1.50. 

In  which  certain  of  the  inhabitants  of  the  land  and  the  waters  of  New 
Jersey  are  described. 

First  Book  in  Geology. — N.  S.  Shaler.     Illustrated.     Pp. 
255.     D.  C.  Heath  &  Co.  Net,  1.00. 

Postage,  .09. 

Showing  in  a  most  attractive  manner  the  tremendous  conflict  between 
the  land  and  the  water  forces  that  the  earth  has  passed  through  in  by- 
gone ages. 

Liee   and   her    Children. — Arabella    B.    Buckley    (Mrs. 
Fisher).     Illustrated.     Pp.  311.     D.  Appleton  &   Co. 

1.50. 

In  which  the  author  discourses,  perhaps  a  little  too  technically,  of 
animal  life  from  the  amoeba  to  insects. 

Lrv^iNG  Lights. — Charles   F.    Holder.     Illustrated.     Pp. 
187.     Charles  Scribner's  Sons.  1.75. 

A  popular  account  for  young  readers  of  phosphorescent  animals  and 
vegetables. 

Locusts  and  Wild  Honey. — John  Burroughs.     Pp.  253. 
Houghton,  Mifflin  &  Co.  1.25. 

Contains  eight  of  Mr.  Burroughs'  essays  on  "Bees,"  ''Sharp  Eyes," 
"  April,"  and  other  more  or  less  related  subjects. 

Marvels   of   Animal   Life. — Charles    F.    Holder.     Illus- 
trated.    Pp.  240.     Charles  Scribner's  Sons.  1.75. 

The  story  of  the  author's  own  adventures  in  many  parts  of  the  world 
while  in  pursuit  of  the  odd  creatures  which  he  here  describes. 

Memoirs    of    the   Early  Italian   Painters. — Mrs.  Anna 
Jameson.     Pp.  352.     Houghton,  Mifflin  &  Co.        1.25. 

A  series  of  brief  biographies  of  the  great  masters  of  Italian  painting. 
In  our  humble  opinion  boys  and  girls  might  be  more  profitably  engaged 
in  the  reading  of  this  and  similar  volumes  than  in  the  study  of  much  of 
the  idle  chatter  that  is  accepted  in  these  days  as  "  popular  science." 


64  FIVE  HUNDRED  BOOKS 

Natural  History  of  Selborne. — Gilbert  White.  Edited 
by  F.  Buckland.  Illustrated.  Pp.  480.  Macmillan 
&  Co.  1.75. 

The  "classic"  of  modern  natural  history-writing,  with  sundry  errors 
of  Mr.  White  corrected  by  Mr.  Buckland.  Every  well-read  person  knows 
or  should  know  White's  ''Selborne." 

Outings  at  Odd  Times.— Charles  C.  Abbott.  Pp.  282. 
D.  Appleton  &  Co.  1.25. 

Another  of  Mr.  Abbott's  series  of  interesting  natural-history  "walks  " 
and  "talks." 

Through  Magic  Glasses. — Arabella  B.  Bucklev.  (Mrs. 
Fisher.)     Illustrated.     Pp.  234     D.  Appleton   &  Co. 

1.50. 

A  continuation  of  science-writing,  on  the  plan  of  the  "  Fairy  Land  of 
Science,"  the  "  magic  glasses  "  being  the  telescope  and  the  microscope. 

The  Boy  Engineers. — John  Lukin.  Illustrated.  Pp. 
348.     G.  P.  Putnam's  Sons.  1.75. 

What  they  did  and  how  they  did  it  ;  a  simple,  direct  story  for  thought- 
ful boys  who  like  physical  science. 

The  Young  Mechanic. — John  Lukin.  Illustrated.  Pp. 
351.     G.  P.  Putnam's  Sons.  1.75. 

Containing  directions  for  the  use  of  all  kinds  of  tools  in  practical  car- 
pentry, including  the  art  of  turning  in  wood  and  metal. 

The  Five  Gateways  of  Knowledge. — George  "Wilson.  Pp. 
127.     MacmiUan  k  Co.  .75. 

A  lecture  which  the  title  explains  ;  a  well-known  book. 

The  Ivory  King. — Charles  F.  Holder.  Illustrated.  Pp. 
330.     Charles  Scribner's  Sons.  1.75. 

A  popular  history  of  elephants  and  their  allies,  good,  bad,  and  indif- 
ferent. 

The  Home  Acre.—  E.  P.  Roe.  Pp.  252.  Dodd,  Mead  & 
Co.  1.50. 

A  story  of  country  life  for  which  the  author  has  a  genuine  enthusiasm. 
It  sets  forth  all  the  gardening  possibilities  contained  m  an  acre  of  land. 

The  Playtime  Naturalist. — J.  E.  Taylor.  Illustrated. 
Pp.  287.     D.  Appleton  &  Co.  1.50. 

The  story  of  an  English  school-boys'  natural  history  society,  with  what 
they  did,  what  they  saw,  and  what  they  learned. 


THE  ARTS  AND   THE  SCIENCES  55 

Wake  Robin. — John  Burroughs.  Illustrated.  Pp.  259. 
Houghton,  Mifflin  &  Co.  1.00. 

Eight  more  essays  on  birds,  hemlocks,  and  other  things,  by  that  liter- 
ary naturalist,  the  author  of  "Locusts  and  Wild  Honey." 

Wonders  of  Sculpture. — Translated  from  the  French  of 
Louis  Viardot.  Illustrated.  Pp.  403.  Charles  Scrib- 
ner's  Sons.  1.00. 

Wonders  of  Glass-making. — From  the  French  of  A. 
Sauzaj.  Illustrated.  Pp.  325.  Charles  Scrihner's 
Sons.  1.00. 

Wonders  of  European  Art. — From  the  French  of  Louis 
Viardot.  Illustrated.  Pp.  332.  Charles  Scribners 
Sons.  1.00. 

Wonders  of  Pompeii  and  thePompeians. — From  the  French 
of  Marc  Monnier.  Illustrated.  Pp.  250.  Charles 
Scribner's  Sons.  1.00. 

Wonders  of  Architecture. — From  the  French  of  M.  Le- 
fevre.    Illustrated.     Pp.  264.    Charles  Scribner's  Sons. 

1.00. 

Wonders  of  Italian  Art. — From  the  French  of  Louis  Viar- 
dot    Illustrated.     Pp.  339.     Charles  Scribner's  Sons. 

1.00. 

Wonders  of  Engraving. — From  the  French  of  Georges 
Duplessis.  Illustrated,  Pp.  338.  Charles  Scribner's 
Sons.  1.00. 

A  new  and  revised  edition  of  the  Illustrated  Library  of  Wonders  de- 
scribing many  valuable  and  interesting  phases  of  art  about  which,  curi- 
ously enough,  American  boys  are  singularly  deficient  when  compared 
with  their  European  brothers.  These  books  are  written  by  a  numlier  of 
French  specialists,  and  are  peculiarly  adapted  to  interest  the  young  and 
to  cultivate  in  them  a  taste  for  studies  of  this  character. 


SIXTH-READER  GRADES. 

Ethics   of   the   Dust. — John   Kuskin.     Pp.    251.     John 
Wiley  &  Sons.  .50. 

A  series  of  "Talks"  on  crystallization,  interrupted  by  the  character' 
istic  and  usually  valuable  reflections  of  their  author. 


56  FIVE  HUNDRED  BOOKS 

Gleanings  in  Science. — Gerald  MoUoy,  D.D.     Ulustratcd. 
Pp.  352.     Macmillan  &  Co.  1.75. 

Probably  the  clearest  and  most  interesting  series  of  popular  lectures 
that  have  ever  been  written  on  such  scientific  subjects  as  electricity, 
latent  heat,  etc. 

Light  Science  for  Leisure  Hours. — K.  A.  Proctor.     Pp. 
343.     D.  Appleton  &  Co.  1.75. 

A  series  of  familiar  essays  on  scientific  subjects,  natural  phenomena, 
etc. 

Legends   of   the  Madonna. — ^IVIrs.   Anna  Jameson.     Pp. 
483.     Houghton,  Mifflin  &  Co.  1.25. 

Legends  of  the  Monastic  Orders. — Mrs.  Anna  Jameson. 
Pp.  489.     Houghton,  Mifflin  &  Co.  1.25. 

These  two  classics  of  Mrs.  Jameson  are  unique  in  English  literature  ; 
together  they  form  a  most  exhaustive  and  interesting  study  in  sacred 
and  legendary  art. 

Sacred  and  Legendary  Art. — Mrs.  Anna  Jameson.     Pp. 
843.     Houghton,  Mifflin  &  Co.     Two  volumes,   each 

1.25. 

Probably  the  most  ambitious,  learned,  and  exhaustive  of  all  Mrs.  Jame- 
son's excursions  into  sacred  pictorial  art. 


FICTION 

FIRST-  AND  SECOND-READER  GRADES. 
Famous  Books  in  One  Syllable. 

While  we  cannot  endorse  what  may  be  termed  the  "  chewing  process  " 
involved  in  translat  ng  some  of  the  masterpieces  of  English  literature 
into  words  of  one  syllable,  yet,  in  deference  to  the  wishes  of  many  of  our 
correspondents,  we  submit  "herewith  a  list  of  juvenile  classics  which  have 
been  "made  over"  for  the  lowest-reader  grades.  They  are  all  illus- 
trated, all  printed  in  large,  clear  type,  with  double  lithographic  covers, 
and  are  published  by  the  Cassell  Publishing  Co.  Elsewhere  under 
"  History  and  Biography"  three  other  one-syllabled  volumes  will  be 
found. 

Swiss  Family  Kobinson. — J.  E.  Wyss.     Pp.  94  .50. 

EoBiNsoN  Crusoe.— Daniel  Defoe.     Pp.  95.  .50. 

.^sop's  Fables.— Pp.  87.  .50. 
Keynard  the  Fox. — Hinreck  Yan  Alckmer  (Pseudonym). 

Pp.  95.  .50. 

Evenings  at  Home. — Dr.  Aikin  and  Mrs.  Barbauld.  Pp. 

96.  .50. 

Sandford  and  Merton. — Thomas  Day.     Pp.  96.  .50. 

Gulliver's  Travels. — Jonathan  Swift.     Pp.  92.  .50. 

THIRD-READER  GRADES. 

A   Christmas    Child.— Mrs.    L.   M.    Molesworth   (Ennis 
Graham).     Illustrated.     Pp.  223.      Macmillan   &   Co. 

1.00. 

Mrs.  Molesworth  deserves  a  warm  place  in  every  mother's  heart ;  this 
sweet  and  tender  sketch  of  a  boy's  life  is  a  finished  work  of  art  of  its 
kind,  and  it  is  a  very  good  kind. 

Bedtime  Stories. — Louise  C.  Moulton.     Illustrated.     Pp. 
239.     Roberts  Brothers.  1.25. 

A  beautiful  collection  of  short  stories  that  might  be  read  with  profit 
by  those  parents  who  refuse  to  acknowledge  that  servants  have  any  rights 
that  children  are  bound  to  respect. 


58  FIVE  HUNDRED  BOOKS 

Cross  Patch. — Susan  C.  Woolsey  (Susan  Coolidge).  Il- 
lustrated.    Pp.  268.     Roberts  Brothers.  1.25. 

Stories  for  little  ones,  adapted  from  Mother  Goose. 

Carrots. — Mrs.  L.  M.  Molesworth  (Ennis  Graham).  Il- 
lustrated.    Pp.  241.     Macmillan  &  Co.  1.00. 

There  is  no  more  acceptable  writer  for  children  than  Mrs.  Molesworth. 
In  "  Carrots  ;  or,  Just  a  Little  Boy,"  we  are  introduced  to  a  little  boy 
and  his  sister, whom  to  know  is  to  love. 

Christmas-Tree  Land. — Mrs.  L.  M.  Molesworth  (Ennis 
Graham).     Illustrated.     Pp.  223.     MacmiUan  &  Co. 

1.00. 

A  holiday  story  of  the  visit  of  some  children  to  a  land  where  all  the 
trees  were  lirs  and  pines. 

Daddy's  Boy.— Mrs.  Lucy  T.  Smith  (L.  T.  Meade).  Il- 
lustrated.    Pp.  334.     Longmans,  Green  &  Co.       1.50. 

One  of  the  most  admirable  books  for  children  ever  written.  Miss 
Meade  is  one  of  the  most  popular  writers  for  children  in  England,  and 
can  always  be  relied  on  to  tell  a  pure  and  interesting  story. 

Deb  and  the  Duchess. — Mrs.  L.  T.  Smith  (Miss  L.  T. 
Meade).  Illustrated.  Pp.  399.  Longmans,  Green  & 
Co.  1.50. 

Another  of  Miss  Meade's  interesting  stories  for  boys  and  girls,  contain- 
ing the  odd  sayings  and  doings  of  two  bright  children. 

Evenings  at  Home. — John  Aikin  and  Mrs.  Barbauld.  Il- 
lustrated.    Pp.  446.     Houghton,  Mifflin  &  Co.       1.00. 

"Hang  them,"  says  Charles  Lamb,  writing  to  Coleridge  in  1802,  "I 
mean  the  cursed  Barbauld  crew,  those  blights  and  blasts  of  all  that  is 
human  in  man  and  child."  In  spite  of  Lamb's  hysterics  "  Evenings  at 
Home  "  has  a  strong  following  even  to  this  day. 

Edith's  Burglar.— Mrs.  F.  H.  Burnett.  Illustrated. 
Pp.  64.     Jordan,  Marsh  &  Co.  .75. 

The  charming  story,  since  dramatized,  of  a  little  girl  who,  discovering 
a  burglar  at  work  in  her  house,  asks  him  to  do  it  quickly  and  quietly 
so  that  her  mamma  will  not  be  disturbed  or  frightened. 

Grandmother  Dear.— Mrs.  L.  M.  Molesworth  (Ennis 
Graham).     Dlustrated.     Pp.  262.     Macmillan  &  Co. 

LOO. 

The  development  of  character  is  the  theme  of  this  volume,  and  the  les- 
son is  taught  with  the  wisdom  and  good  breeding  that  characterize  all  of 
this  lady's  stories. 


FICTION  59 

Gutta-percha  Willie. — George  Macdonald.     Illustrated. 
Pp.  212.     George  Routledge  &  Sons.  1.25. 

Mr.  Macdonald's  masterpiece  for  young  chililren.  It  shows  how  a  little 
boy  in  trying  to  master  the  small  difficulties  that  crop  up  at  home  man- 
ages to  do  a  great  deal  of  good  for  others.  'J'here  have  been  critics, 
strange  to  say.  who  saw  in  this  little  volume  a  plea  for  what  we  are  calling 
nowadays  "■  Manual  Training." 

Herr  Baby.— Mrs.  L.   M.  Molesworth  (Ennis  Graham). 
Illustrated.     Pp.  180.     Macmillan  &  Co.  1.00. 

"Herr  Baby"  is  the  respectful  appellation  given  to  the  little  adven- 
turer by  a  German  nurse.  This  loving  and  lovable  child  is  one  of  the  real 
heroes  of  nursery  fiction. 

Joyous  Story  of  Toto. — Laura  E.  Richards.     Illustrated. 
Pp.226.     Roberts  Brothers.  1.25. 

A  pretty,  imaginative  story,  in  which  various  animals  are  personified 
and  tell  their  stories  with  much  humor  to  Toto's  blind  grandmother. 

Little    Sunshine's    Holiday. — Dinah    M.    Craik    (Miss 
Mulock).     Pp.  210.     Harper  &  Brothers.  .90. 

A  picture  from  life  of  a  children's  excursion  to  Scotland. 

Little   Saint   Elizabeth. — Mrs.    F.   H.    Burnett.     Illus- 
trated.    Pp.  146.     Charles  Scribner's  Sons,  1.50. 

A  little  child  of  French  birth  is  brought  under  peculiar  circumstances 
to  New  York  and  there  placed  under  the  care  of  a  bachelor  uncle  ;  smiles 
and  tears  will  accompany  the  rest  of  her  adventures.  Three  other  stories 
go  to  make  up  this  volume. 

L^^T  Words. — Mrs.  Juliana  H.  Ewing.     Illustrated.     Pp. 
225.     Roberts  Brothers.  1.25. 

Mrs.  Ewing  was,  in  her  day,  the  most  popular  writer  in  England  for 
the  young,  especially  for  girls.  She  never  was  guilty  of  "writing  down"' 
to  young  people,  and  in  the  dozen  stories  that  make  this  book,  the 
quality  of  sincerity  is  everywhere  to  be  discovered.  These  were  her  last 
writings  ;  the  volume  contains  her  portrait. 

Little  Miss  Peggy. — Mrs.  L.  M.  Molesworth  (Ennis  Gra- 
ham).    Illustrated.     Pp.195.     MacmiUan  &  Co.     1.00. 

The  world-old  search  for  a  pot  of  gold  under  the  rainbow  arch. 

Nine  Little  Goslings. — Susan  C.  Woolsey  (Susan  Cool- 
idge).     Illustrated.     Pp.  290.  Roberts  Brothers.   1.25. 

Miss  Coolidge  was  a  formidable  rival  to  Miss  Alcott  on  account  of  her 
innate  sympathy  with  the  foibles  and  virtues  of  child  nature. 


60  FIVE  HUNDItED  BOOKS 

Stories  Told  to  a  Child. — Jean  Ingelow.  Illustrated. 
Pp.  226.  Eoberts  Brothers.  First  and  Second  Ser- 
ies. Each,     1.25. 

A  collection  of  short  stories. 

Sparrow  the  Tramp. — Lily  F.  Wesselhoeft.  Illustrated. 
Pp.  262.     Roberts  Brothers.  1.25. 

A  fable  for  children  which  has  for  its  end  the  encouraging  of  a  love  in 
little  ones  for  dumb  animals. 

Spinning-wheel  Stories. — Louisa  M.  Alcott.  Illustrated. 
Pp.  262.     Roberts  Brothers.  1.25. 

One  dozen  short  stories  read  to  a  party  of  children  during  the  Cijrist- 
mas  holidays. 

ToTo's  Merry  Winter. — Mrs.  L.  E.  Richards.  Illustrated. 
Pp.  296.     Roberts  Brothers.  1.25. 

A  continuation  of  the  "  Joyous  Story  of  Toto,"  noticed  elsewhere. 

Twilight  Thoughts. — Mary  S.  Claude.  Pp.  104.  Ginn 
&  Co.  Net,  .40. 

Postage,  .07. 

A  collection  of  stories  for  children  and  their  lovers,  with  a  preface  by 
Matthew  Arnold. 

The  Birds'  Christmas  Carol. — Kate  Douglas  Wiggin. 
Illustrated.        Pp.    m.      Houghton,     Mifflin    &    Co. 

Boards.     .50. 

A  little  invalid  girl  celebrates  her  Christmas  holidays  in  doing  deeds 
of  tenderness  and  love,  not  only  to  her  near  friends,  but  to  all  the  poor 
and  suffering  children  she  can  reach. 

Us. — Mrs.  L.  M.  Molesworth  (Ennis  Graham).  Illustrated. 
Pp.  240.     Macmillan  &  Co.  1.00. 

'"  Us  "  consists  of  an  old-fashioned  little  boy  and  girl,  "  six  last  birf- 
day,"  who  lived  in  the  dear  old  days  when  children  did  not  obtrude  them- 
selves as  nuisances,  and  as  a  consequence  grew  up  to  be  reputable  mem- 
bers of  society. 

FOURTH-READER   GRADES. 

A  Young  Macedonian. — Alfred  J.  Church.  Illustrated. 
Pp.  325.     G.  P.  Putnam's  Sons.  1.25. 

The  adventures  of  a  young  Greek  in  the  army  of  Alexander  the  Great. 

An  Old-fashioned  Girl. — Louisa  M.  Alcott.  Elustrated. 
Pp.  378.     Roberts  Brothers.  1.50. 

The  continuation  of  "  Little  Women  ;  "  the  story  of  a  sensible  country 
girl  who  visits  the  city,  and  afterward  earns  her  living  by  giving  music 
lessons. 


FICTION  61 

Afloat  in  the  Forest. — Captain  Majne  Reid.     Pp.  292. 
United  States  Book  Co.  "  .75. 

The  thrilling  adventures  of  some  adventurers  who  are  swept  over  a 
tropical  forest  by  the  overflowing  of  the  Amazon, 

At  the  South  Pole. — W.  H,  G.  Kingston.     Illustrated. 
Pp.  351.     CasseU  Publishing  Co.  1.25. 

An  English  boy's  adventures  in  the  Antarctic  regions 

Ajfar  in  the  Forest. — W.   H.   G.   Kingston.     Illustrated. 
Pp.  393.     T.  Nelson  &  Sons.  1.25. 

A  tale  of  settler  life  and  adventure  in  North  America, 

BuRNHAM  Breaker. — Homer  Greene.      Illustrated.      Pp. 
494.     T.  Y.  Crowell  &  Co.  1.50. 

A  storj'  of  the  mines  and  "  breakers  ''  of  the  Pennsylvania  coal  regions. 

Berchwood. — J.    A.    K.    (PseudouTm).     Illustrated.     Pp. 
315.     T.  Y.  Crowell  &  Co.  ^  1.25. 

The  story  of  a  boy  who,  in  trying  to  earn  money  by  selling  berries, 
developed  such  a  love  of  nature  that  he  started  an  Agassiz  museum. 
This  is  the  first  volume  of  a  series  which  includes  seven  more  books. 

Castle    Blair.  —  Flora    L.    Shaw.     Pp.    308.     Roberts 
Brothers.  1.00. 

A  story  of  the  youthful  doings  of  a  group  of  merry  children.  "  Noth- 
ing is  more  lifelike,"  says  a  critic,  '"  than  the  picture  here  drawn  of  chil- 
dren's sorrows,  disappointments,  and  joys." 

Cast  Away  in  the  Cold. — Isaac  I.   Haves,  M.D.     Illus- 
trated.    Pp.  263.     Lee  k  Shepard.     "  1.25. 

An  old  man's  instructive  story  of  a  young  man's  adventures  in  the  Arctic 
regions,  the  whole  related  by  one  Captain  John  Hardy,  styling  himself 
"Mariner." 

Cast  Up  by  the  Sea. — Sir  Samuel  W.  Baker.     Illustrated. 
Pp.  420.     Harper  &  Brothers.  1.25. 

A  young  boy  is  washed  ashore  during  a  storm  and  is  adopted  into  the 
family  of  a  Cornish  smuggler ;  from  there  he  graduates  into  the  king's 
service,  under  compulsion,  to  meet  with  startling  adventures  in  Africa 
and  elsewhere. 

Christmas  Stories. — Charles  Dickens.     Pp.  441.     T.  Y. 
Crowell  &  Co.  1.00. 

There  are  those  still  among  us  grown  children  who  have  reason  to 
thank  God  that  Charles  Dickens  once  lived  and  wrote  for  us.  To  chil- 
dren his  "  Christmas  Carols  "  are  always  fitting  accompaniments  to  that 
festal  time  of  "peace  on  earth  and  good-will  to  men." 


62  FTVE  HUNDRED  BOOKS 

CuDjo's   Cave.— J.    T.    Trowbridge.     Pp.    504      Lee  & 
Shepard.  1.50. 

A  story  of  East  Tennessee,  just  before  the  Civil  War,  in  which  a  school- 
master is  "  tarred  and  feathered"  on  suspicion  of  being  an  Abolitionist. 
The  book  is  chiefly  valuable  as  a  picture  of  war  time. 

Crowded  out  o'  Crofield. — William  O.  Stoddard.     Illus- 
trated.    Pp.  261.     D.  Appleton  &  Co.  1.50. 

The  story  of  how  a  plucky  country  boy  carved  his  way  to  success  by 
turning  to  account  nearly  everything  he  had  learned. 

Dab   Kinzer.— William  O.  Stoddard.     Pp.  321.     Charles 
Scribner's  Sons.  1.00. 

The  story  of  a  growing  boy's  out-door  life  on  the  shores  of  Long  Isl- 
and. 

Dick  o*  The  Fexs. — George  M.  Fenn.     Illustrated.     Pp. 
383.     Charles  Scribner's  Sons.  1.50. 

A  tale  of  adventure  among  the  "  fens,"  or  swamps  of  Lincolnshire,  in 
England,  before  they  were  reclaimed  by  drainage. 

Eight  Cousins. — ^Louisa  M.  Alcott.     Illustrated.     Pp.  292. 
Roberts  Brothers.  1.50. 

Miss  Alcott's  books  are  ever  welcome  to  all  girls  from  eight  to  eighty, 
and  perhaps  none  more  so  than  this  story  of  the  "  Aunt-hill."  Rose, 
the  heroine  of  this  volume,  discovers  that  "  girls  are  made  to  take  care 
of  boys,"  to  which  we  say  a  limited  ''  Amen." 

For  the  Temple.— G.  A.  Henty.     Illustrated.     Pp.  384. 
Charles  Scribner's  Sons.  1.50. 

Josephus's  account  of  the  revolt  of  the  Jews  and  the  fall  of  Jerusa- 
lem is  ingeniously  interwoven  with  the  incidents  of  a  stirring  story. 

Four  and  Five.— Edward  E.  Hale.     Pp.  194     Roberts 
Brothers.  1.00. 

The  experiences  of  a  "  Lend-a-hand  Club"  of  boys  among  the  Kaat- 
skills,  full  of  interesting  adventures  and  successful  attempts  to  make 
other  people  happy. 

Gulliver's   Travels. — Jonathan    Swift.     Pp.   162.     Ginn 
&  Co.     (Classics  for  Children.)  Boards.     Net,  .30. 

Postage,  .07. 

Master  Lemuel's  voyage  to  Lilliput  and  Brobdingnag,  the  two  most  in- 
teresting incidents  of  the  Dean  of  St.  Patrick's  great  satirical  sketch. 

GiANETTA. — Rosa    MulhoUaud.      Illustrated.      Pp.    352. 
Charles  Scribner's  Sons.  1.50. 

A  girl's  story  of  herself,  in  which  is  told  the  tale  of  a  changeling  who 
subsequently  develops  into  a  high-minded  and  accomplished  woman. 


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Hans  Brinker. — Mary  Mapes  Dodge.     Illustrated.     Pp. 
377.      Charles  Scribner's  Sons.  1.50. 

A  lesson  of  character  and  life,  the  scene  of  which  is  laid  in  Holland. 
'Tis  a  pity  that  Mrs.  Dodge  didn't  stick  to  telling  stories  instead  of  edit- 
ing story-tellers,  and  then  probably  we  would  have  had  more  delightful 
stories  of  this  kind. 

Hospital    Sketches. — Louisa    M.     Alcott.      Illustrated. 
Pp.  379.     Koberts  Brothers.  1.50. 

Stones  and  sketches  of  the  hospital,  camp,  and  fireside.  Miss  Alcott 
was  a  hospital  nurse  during  our  Civil  War. 

Hetty  Gray.— Eosa  MulhoUand.     Illustrated.     Pp.  219. 
Charles  Scribner's  Sons.  1.00. 

An  excellent  story  for  girls  of  "  Nobody's  Bairn." 

IvANHOE.— Sir   Walter    Scott.      Pp.    536.      Ginn    &  Co. 
(Classics  for  Children.)  Boards.       Net,  .60. 

Postage,  .14. 

Try  this  book  in  your  middle  Fourth-Reader  Grade,  and  see  how  won- 
derfully interested  your  boys  will  become  in  this  delightful  romance.  One 
word  of  caution  :  cut  out  much  of  Sir  Walter's  historical  padding  and 
get  quickly  to  the  narrative. 

In  the  Keign  of  Terror. — G.  A.  Hentj.    Illustrated.     Pp. 
351.     Charles  Scribner's  Sons.  1.50. 

Mr.  Henty  delights  to  pilot  English  boys  safely  through  scenes  of 
bloodshed  and  danger.  The  adventures  of  a  Westminster  boy  in  France 
during  the  bloody  convulsion  of  17b9  is  the  theme  of  the  present  story. 

In  Freedom's   Cause. — G.    A.    Henty.     Illustrated.     Pp. 
392.     Charles  Scribner's  Sons.  1.50. 

A  stirring  story  of  the  Scottish  War  of  Independence.  Mr.  Henty's 
boy  readers  will  congratulate  themselves  on  the  fact  that  the  hero  had  a 
most  extended  experience,  having  served  under  both  Wallace  and  Bruce. 

In   the   King's   Name. — George    M.   Fenn.     Illustrated. 
Pp.  374.     Charles  Scribner's  Sons.  1.50. 

A  spirited  naval  story  of  the  cruise  of  the  "Kestrel"  during  the  excit- 
ing Jacobite  days  of  George  II. 

Jan  of  the  Windmill. — ^Mrs.  J.  H.  Ewing.     Illustrated. 
Pp.  310.     Roberts  Brothers.  .50. 

A  well-conceived  and  artistic  story  which  concerns  itself  with  a  boy 
who,  brought  up  as  a  miller's  son,  afterward  develops  into  a  famous 
painter  ;  it  is  told  with  a  purity  of  tone  that  especially  recommends  it  to 
boys  and  girls.  Competent  critics  declare  that  this  is'  Mrs.  Ewing's  best 
story. 


64  FIVE  HUNDRED  BOOKS 

Jackanapes  and  Other  Tales. — Mrs.  J.  H.   Ewing.     Pp. 
130.     Koberts  Brothers.  .50. 

Three  beautiful  stories,  the  first  of  which  is  a  pathetic  tale  of  a  true- 
hearted  lad  who  dies  in  battle  to  save  the  life  of  a  comrade.  This  vol- 
ume also  contains  a  biographical  sketch  and  a  portrait  of  Mrs.  Ewing, 

Jo's   Boys. — Louisa   M.    Alcott.     Illustrated.     Pp.    366. 
Roberts  Brothers.  1.50. 

A  sequel  to  "  Little  Men,"  telling  how  Aunt  Jo's  boys  turned  out. 

Kidnapped. — R     L.    Stevenson.     Illustrated.     Pp.    324. 
Charles  Scribner's  Sons.  1.25. 

Herein  is  narrated  the  adventures  of  one  David  Balfour,  in  the  year 
of  our  Lord  1751,  with  a  verisimilitude  worthy  of  Defoe  himself.  A 
story  of  the  Jacobite  days  in  the  Scottish  Highlands. 

King  Tom  and  the  Runaways. — Louis  Pendleton.     lUus. 
trated.     Pp.  273.     D.  Appleton  &  Co.  1.50. 

The  experiences  of  two  boys  and  a  negro  in  the  swamps  and  forests  of 
Georgia;  a  juvenile  "dialect"  story. 

Little    Women. — Louisa    M.    Alcott.     Illustrated.     Pp. 
532.     Roberts  Brothers.  1.50. 

Miss  Alcott's  name  is  writ  large  in  the  hearts  of  the  last  generation  of 
children,  and  no  one  book  contributed  more  to  this  end  than  this  one, 
which  gave  to  an  admiring  child-world  Jo  and  her  sisters. 

Little  Men. — Louisa  M.  Alcott.     Illustrated.     Pp.  376. 
Roberts  Brothers.  1.50. 

"Little  Men"  appeared  in  1871,  three  years  after  "Little  Women" 
was  published,  and  the  reputation  of  the  author  was  so  great  that  50,000 
copies  of  "  Little  Men  "  were  ordered  in  advance. 

Little  Lord  Fauntleroy. — Mrs.  F.  H.   Burnett.     Illus- 
trated.    Pp.  209.     Charles  Scribner's  Sons.  2.00. 

A  beautiful  creation  that  has  appealed  to  thousands  of  hearts  ;  cer- 
tainly the  most  popular  and  widely  read  child's  story  of  this  day  and 
generation. 

Little  Jarvis. — Mollv  Elliot  Seawall.     Illustrated.     Pp. 
64.     D.  Appleton  &  Co.  1.00. 

Few  can  read  the  story  of  the  heroic  little  midshipman  of  the  frigate 
"Constellation,"  and  his  tragic  death,  without  feeling  an  extra  tug  at 
the  heart-strings. 

Little  Smoke.— W.  O.  Stoddard.     Illustrated.     Pp.  295. 
D.  Appleton  &  Co.  1.50. 

An  exciting  and  instructive  tale  of  Sioux  Indian  life  in  and  around  the 
Black  Hills,  illustrated  with  many  curious  pictures  of  Indian  weapons. 


FICTION  65 

Lost  in  Samoa, — Edward  S.  Ellis.     Illustrated.     Pp.  248. 
Cassell  Publishing  Co.  1.25. 

A  "timely"  tale  of  sea-life  and  adventure  among  the  Navigator 
Islands  in  the  South  Pacific. 

Midshipman    Paulding. — Mollv    Elliot    Seawall      Illus- 
trated.    Pp.  133.     D.  Appleton  &  Co.  1.00. 

A  true  story  of  the  War  of  1812. 

Masterman  Eeady. — Captain  Frederick  Marryat.     Illus- 
trated.    Pp.  320.     George  Koutledge  &  Sons.        1.00. 

The  adventures  of  a  family  cast  away  on  a  Pacific  island.  It  is  in- 
teresting to  know  that  Marryat  was  asked  to  write  a  sequel  to  "The 
Swiss  Family  Robinson  "  which  he  refused  to  do  on  the  ground  that  it 
did  "not  adhere  to  the  probable  or  even  the  possible,"  and  he  wrote 
''  Masterman  Ready  "  for  his  children  from  a  conviction  of  the  necessity 
of  fiction  being  based  on  truth. 

Michaelmas  Daisy. — Sarah   Doudney.     Illustrated.     Pp. 
304     E.  P.  Dutton  &  Co.  1.00. 

A  sweet  English  story  of  an  orphan  girl's  life. 

Men    of    Iron. — Howard    Pyle.     lUastrated.     Pp.    328. 
Harper  &  Brothers.  2.00. 

A  vivid  and  dramatic  tale  of  "battles,  murders,  and  sudden  death,"  in 
the  feudal  days  of  Henry  IV".  of  England.  It  is  intended  to  be  a  true 
picture  of  the  period,  so  at  least  the  author  claims. 

Otto  of  the  Silver  Hand. — Howard  Pyle.     Illustrated. 
Pp.  173.     Charles  Scribner's  Sons.    HaK  Leather.  2.00. 

A  spirited  story  of  the  robber  barons  and  the  feudal  strongholds  of  me- 
diaeval Germany.    Mr.  Pyle  tells  a  story  well  and  illustrates  it  even  better. 

Prince    Dusty. — Kirk   Monroe.     Illustrated.     Pp.    300. 
G.  P.  Putnam's  Sons.  1.25. 

An  exciting  story  of  the  Pennsylvania  coal  region.  It  is  one  of  the 
"  Rail  and  \Vater  Series,"  of  which  there  are  four  volumes  in  all. 

Phaeton  Eogers. — Eossiter  Johnson.     Illustrated.     Pp. 
344.     Charles  Sciibner's  Sons.  1.50. 

The  story  of  an  amusing  boy  with  an  inventive  turn  of  mind. 

PoBiNsoN  Crusoe. — Daniel  Defoe.     Pp.  257.     Ginn  &  Co. 
(Classics  for  Children.)  Boards.     Net,  .35. 

Postage,  .11. 

An  edited  edition  of  Defoe's  masterpiece,  making  the  story  more 
direct  and  at  the  same  time  losing  none  of  its  interest.  Every  right- 
minded  boj%  and  girl  for  that  matter,  should  know  "  Robinson"  from 
cover  to  cover.  Philosophical  Germans  have  nowadays  discovered,  or 
read  into  it,  a  microcosm  of  humanity. 


66  FIVE  HUNDRED  BOOKS 

Ranald  Bannerman's  Boyhood. — George  Macdonaldo  Il- 
lustrated.    Pp.  301.     J.  B.  Lippincott  Co.  1.25. 

Dr.  Macdonald  is  an  original  and  versatile  writer.  In  this  volume  he 
depicts  w^ith  great  force  the  lessons  of  life  that  Ranald  learns  from  his 
father,  a  Scotch  clergyman. 

Scottish  Chiefs. — Jane  Porter.  Pp.  350.  T.  Y.  Crowell 
&  Co.  1.00. 

Stories  of  the  days  of  Bruce  and  Wallace.  Years  ago  few  failed  to 
read  this  admirable  book. 

Swiss  Family  Eobinson. — J.  R.  Wyss  and  the  Baroness  de 
Montolieu.  Illustrated.  Pp.  384.  (Classics  for  Chil- 
dren.)    Ginn  &  Co.  Boards.     Net,  .40, 

A  volume  which  in  spita  of  certain  grown  up  critics  rivals  in  juvenile 
circles  the  adventures  of  the  immortal  Robinson  Crusoe  himself.  The 
story  concerns  itself  with  the  imaginary  doings  of  an  interesting  family 
shipwrecked  on  an  imaginary  island. 

Sandford  and  Merton. — Thomas  Day.  Illustrated.  Pp. 
505.     Houghton,  Mifflin  &  Co.  1.00. 

On  account  of  its  lumbering  priggishness  this  good  book  is  well  on  its 
way  out  of  fashion  among  the  young  of  to-day.  In  the  eighteenth  cen- 
tury it  rivalled  "Robinson  Crusoe"  in  popularity;  in  the  nineteenth 
century  it  must  be  saia  to  have  lost  ground  ;  in  the  twentieth  it  will  be 
forgotten  except  as  a  literary  curiosity. 

Story  of  a  Bad  Boy. — Thomas  B.  Aldrich.  Illustrated. 
Pp.  261.     Houghton,  Mifflin  &  Co.  1.25. 

The  story  of  a  New  England  boy  in  the  latitude  of  Portsmouth.  This 
autobiography  of  personal  adventures  and  experiences  has  been  the 
secret  envy  of  every  heaitay  minded  boy  from  twelve  to  fourteen  for 
twenty  years  past.  Don't  confound  it  with  the  vulgar  excrescence 
known  as  "  Peck's  Bad  Boy,"  and  others  of  the  same  ilk. 

Saha  Crewe.— Mrs.  F.  H.  Burnett.  Illustrated.  Pp. 
83.     Charles  Scribner's  Sons.  1.00. 

A  little  girl  who  looks  at  the  world  from  her  own  peculiar  stand-point 
has  something  to  say  about  what  happens  at  Miss  Minchins  and  the  part 
she  plays  therein. 

Six  to  Sixteen. — Mrs.  J.  H.  Ewing.  Illustrated.  Pp. 
296.     Roberts  Brothers.  .50. 

Mrs.  Ewing  wrote  with  a  purpose,  and  it  is  a  pity  that  her  stories  are 
no^-  read  more  largely  by  girls  in  this  country  than  they  are.  Her 
stories  are  always  full  of  suggestive  reflections,  and  as  her  sister,  Mrs. 
Molesworth,  says,  ''  she  always  wrote  with  a  consciousness  that  a  wicked 
book  is  all  the  wickeder  because  it  can  never  repent." 


FICTION  67 

Tom  Brown  at  Eugby. — Thomas  Hughes.  Pp.  387.  Ginn 
&  Co.     (Classics  for  Chihlren.)  Boards.     Net,  .50. 

Postage,  .12. 

Possibly  this  bonk,  which  gives  us  such  a  real  picture  of  schoolboy  life 
fifty  years  ago  at  this  great  English  school,  was  the  most  successful  story 
of  boy  life  ever  written  avowedly  fcr  boys.  The  hero  gets  dangerously 
near  the  "priggish  "  limit  at  times,  if  indeed  he  does  not  cross  it. 

Travels  of  Baron  Munchausen. — Rudolph  E.  Gaspe.  Il- 
lustrated.    Pp.  241.     G.  P.  Putnam's  Sons.  1.25. 

For  more  than  a  hundred  years  these  fabulous  adventures  and  gro- 
tesque stories  have  pleased  generation  after  generation  until  they  have 
well-nigh  assumed  the  rank  of  a  classic. 

The  Four  Macnicols. — William  Black.  Illustrated. 
Pp.  117.     Harper  &  Brothers.  1.00. 

The  story  of  four  orphan  boys  who  live  in  Loch  Serene  among  the 
Hebrides,  and  who  in  their  attempt  to  make  a  living  for  themselves  meet 
with  many  adventures  on  sea  and  coast. 

Twice-told  Tales. — Nathaniel  Hawthorne.  Pp.  526. 
Houghton,  Mifflin  &  Co.  Two  volumes  in  one. 
School  Edition.  .60. 

Contains  the  "  Gray  Champion  "  and  thirty-five  other  sketches,  includ- 
ing the  '•  Four  Legends  of  the  Fioviace  House." 

Thaddeus  of  Warsaw. — Jane  Porter.  Pp.  517.  T.  Y. 
CroweU  &  Co.  1.00. 

Another  favorite  of  forty  years  ago.  A  tale  of  Polish  heroism  and 
Polish  times  which  was  a  wonderful  success  in  its  day.  The  Mayor  of 
New  York  in  that  time  sent  an  elegantly  carved  arm-chair  to  "  its 
gifted  authoress,"  as  a  testimony  of  American  appreciation  of  her  genius. 

Two  Thousand  Years  Ago. — Professor  Alfred  J.  Church. 
Illustrated.     Pp.  384.     Charles  Scribner's  Sons.     1.50. 

The  adventures  of  a  Roman  boy  during  the  exciting  times  of  the  last 
years  of  the  Roman  republic. 

Three  Greek  Children. — Professor  Alfred  J.  Church. 
Illustrated.     Pp.  215.     G.  P.  Putnam's  Sons.         1.25. 

A  tale  of  the  Peloponnesian  War,  into  which  is  ''  smuggled"  much  in- 
formation about  Athenian  life,  with  its  games,  customs,  sacrifices,  and 
superstitions. 

To  THE  Lions. — Professor  Alfred  J.  Church.  Illustrated. 
Pp.  258.     G.  P.  Putnam's  Sons.  1.25. 

A  story  of  the  persecutions  of  the  Christians  under  the  early  Roman 
Empire.  Pliny  the  younger,  and  Tacitus  the  historian,  figure  in  its 
pages.  Hov.-  little  the  modern  school  boy  knows  about  the  lives  and  per- 
gecutions  of  the  early  Christians  !     Whose  fault  is  it  ? 


68  FIVE  HUNDRED  BOOKS 

The  Count  of  the  Saxon  Shore. — Professor  Alfred  J. 
Church.  Illustrated.  Pp.  311.  G.  P.  Putnam's 
Sods.  1.50. 

A  tale  of  the  departure  of  the  Romans  from  Britain  at  the  beginning 
of  the  fifth  century ;  the  Emperor  Constantine  is  introduced  and  the 
sacrifices  at  Stonehenge  are  described. 

The  Big  Brother. — George  C.  Eggieston.  Illustrated. 
Pp.  182.     G.  P.  Putnam's  Sons.  1.25. 

A  story  of  Indian  fighting  during  the  War  of  1S12.  This  is  the  first 
volume  of  the  "■  Big  Brother  Series,"  which  contains  five  books  in  all. 

The  Pilots  of  Pomona. — Eobert  Leighton.  Illustrated. 
Pp.  352.     Charles  Scribner's  Sons.  1.50. 

A  story  of  seafaring  life  among  the  out-of-the-way  Orkney  Islands. 

The  New  Sandford  and  Merton. — F.  C.  Burnand.  Il- 
lustrated.    Pp.  268.     Roberts  Brothers.  1.00. 

The  editor  of  Punch  has  written  a  delightful  extravaganza  on  Mr. 
Day's  famous  book,  which,  it  must  be  confessed,  gives  ample  opportunity 
to  the  burlesque  writer. 

Two  Little  Confederates. — Thomas  Nelson  Page.  Il- 
lustrated.    Pp.  156.     Charles  Scribner's  Sons.        1.50. 

Two  Virginia  lads  are  left  at  home  on  a  plantation  while  the  men  have 
gone  to  the  front  to  fight ;  the  boys  get  into  trouble  and  out  of  it  again 
with  much  readiness.  The  story  gives  an  interesting  picture  of  home  life 
during  our  Civil  War. 

Treasure  Island. — R.  L.  Stevenson.  Illustrated.  Pp. 
292.     Roberts  Brothers.  1.00. 

A  romantic  story  of  hidden  treasure,  buccaneers,  and  moving  adventures 
by  sea  and  land.  It  is  known  that  grown  persons  have  "  devoured  "  this 
volume  at  a  single  sitting.  Despite  its  many  good  qualities,  it  cannot 
be  ranked,  for  obvious  reasons,  as  one  of  the  best  books  for  boys. 

The  Talisman. — Sir  Walter  Scott.  Pp.  453.  Ginn  &  Co. 
(Classics  for  Children.)  Boards.     Net,  .50. 

Postage,  .15. 

This  delightful  novelette  of  the  days  of  the  Crusades  and  Richard  the 
Lion-hearted  has  been  edited  judiciously  for  class  use. 

The  Peasant  and  the  Prince.  Harriet  Martineau.  Il- 
lustrated. Pp.  212.  Ginn  &  Co.  (Classics  for  ChU- 
dren.)  Boards.     Net,  .35. 

Postage,  .08. 

It  gives  a  good  idea  of  the  causes  of  the  French  Revolution  and  of  the 
terrible  times  which  succeeded  that  bloody  upheaval. 


FICTION  69 

The  Parent's  Assistant. — Maria  Edge  worth.     Illustrated. 
Pp.  376.     George  Routledge  &  Sons.  1.25. 

In  spite  of  the  criticisms  of  many  distinguished  writers,  Miss  Edge- 
worth's  stories  have  a  perennial  popularity  which  in  many  respects  they 
certainly  deserve.  Listen,  however,  to  this  jeremiad  of  Julian  Haw- 
thorne :  "  There  is  really  no  estimating  the  mortal  wrong  that  has  been 
done  to  childhood  by  Maria  Edgeworth's,  'The  Parent's  Assistant;  '  and 
for  my  part,  I  derive  a  melancholy  joy  in  availing  myself  of  this  oppor- 
tunity to  express  my  sense  of  my  personal  share  in  the  injury."  Per  contra, 
it  is  said  that  Sir  Walter  Scott  was  always  moved  to  tears  at  the  story  of 
"  Simple  Susan,"  which  is  evidence  in  an  unlooked-for  direction  of  Sir 
Walter's  astonishing  tenderness  of  heart. 

The  Dog  Crusoe. — Eobert  M.  Ballantyne.     Illustrated. 
Pp.  381.     Porter  &  Coates.  .75. 

The  story  of  an  uncommonly  intelligent  dog  and  his  adventures  on 
the  Western  prairies.  Mr.  Ballantyne  has  been  a  successful  writer  for 
more  than  two  generations  of  young  people. 

The    Boy    Settlers. — Noah    Brooks.     Illustrated.     Pp. 
252.     Charles  Scribner's  Sons.  1.25. 

A  story  of  adventures  in  the  early  days  of  "  bleeding  Kansas,"  when  it 
was  the  battle-ground  of  the  "  border  ruffians  "  and  the  ■■*  free-soil  "  emi- 
grants ;  a  companion  boolc  to  the  "Boy  Emigrants." 

The    Hoosier    School-boy. — Edward    Eggleston.     Illus- 
trated.    Pp.  181.     Charles  Scribner's  Sons.  1.00. 

A  story  of  the  difficulties  which  beset  a  boy  seeking  an  education  in  the 
eaily  days  of  the  ''  Western  Reserve." 

The   Boy    Hunters. — Captain    Mayne    Held.     Pp.    363. 
United  States  Book  Co.  .75. 

One  of  the  best  stories  for  boys  ever  written.  The  adventures  of  three 
brothers  in  the  hunt  for  a  white  buffalo  are  described  by  Captain  Reid  in 
a  most  interesting  and  attractive  manner. 

The  Log  School-house  on  the  Columbia. — Hezekiah  But- 
terworth.     Illustrated.     Pp.  250.     D.  Appleton  &  Co. 

1.50. 

A  romantic  story  of  the  pioneers  in  the  great  Northwestern  State  of 
Oregon. 

The    Boy  Emigrants. — Noah   Brooks.     Illustrated.     Pp. 
309.     Charles  Scribner's  Sons.  1.25. 

The  adventures  of  some  boys  who  started  from  IlLLnois  to  cross  the 
plains  shortly  after  the  breaking  out  of  the  ''  gold  fever  "  in  California. 

The    Quartet.— W.    O.    Stoddard.     Pp.    332.     Charies 
Scribner's  Sons.  1.00. 

A  sequel  to  "Dab  Kinzer,"  continuing  the  adventures  of  young  Mr. 
Kinzer  and  certain  of  liis  friends  at  boarding-school  and  dviring  vacation 
time.     There  are  three  other  volumes  in  this  series. 


70  FIVE  HUNDRED  BOOKS 

The  Modern  Vikings. — Professor  H.  H.  Bovesen.     Illus- 
trated.    Pp.  274.     Charles  Scribner's  Sous.  2.00. 

A  collection  of  Norwegian  folk-tales  and  stones  of  modern  adventure, 
by  the  Professor  of  Germanic  Literature  in  Columbia  College. 

The  Dash   for  Khartoum. — G.    A.   Henty.     Illustrated. 
Pp.  382.     Charles  Scribner's  Sons.  1.50. 

A  story  of  the  Nile  Expedition  and  the  attempt  to  rescue  the  gallant 
Gordon.  Mr.  Henty  makes  good  use  in  all  his  books  of  his  former  experi- 
ences as  a  soldier. 

The  Dragon  and  the  Eayen. — G.  A.  Henty.     Illustrated. 
Pp.  352.     Charles  Scribner's  Sons.  1.50. 

In  this  story  of  the  days  of  King  Alfred,  the  author  gives  a  vivid  ac- 
count of  the  struggle  for  supremacy  between  the  Saxons  and  the  Danes, 

Through    the    Fray. — G.    A.    Henty.     Illustrated.   .Pp. 
384.     Charles  Scribner's  Sons.  1.50. 

A  story  of  the  "  Luddite  "  riots,  when  the  introduction  of  machinery 
and  the  high  price  of  food  drove  the  people  of  Yorkshire  to  the  verge  of 
rebellion. 

The  Lion  of  St.  Mark's. — G.  A.  Henty.    Illustrated.     Pp. 
384.     Charles  Scribner's  Sons.  1.50. 

Perhaps  no  better  sample  of  the  alleged  historical  tale  for  boys  can  be 
found  than  in  this  stirring  romance  of  Venice  in  the  fourteenth  century. 
After  the  reader  has  finished  this  story,  a  recital  of  the  sum  total  of 
real  historical  information  he  has  gained  from  its  perusal  will  not  detain 
him  more  than  a  couple  of  minutes  at  the  most. 

The  B.  O.  W.  C— James  De  Mille.     lUustrated.     Pp. 
275.     Lee  &  Shepard.  L25. 

A  rollicking  story  of  boarding-school  life  in  Nova  Scotia.  This  volume 
is  first  of  an  interesting  series  and  has  four  or  five  delightful  sequels. 

The  Cat  of  Bubastes. — G.  A.  Henty.     Illustrated.     Pp. 
352.     Charles  Scribner's  Sons.  1.50. 

A  story  of  ancient  Egj-pt,  in  which  are  depicted  the  customs  and  super- 
stitions of  the  most  venerable  nation  of  antiquity. 

The   Young    Carthaginian. — G.    A.    Henty.     Illustrated. 
Pp.  384.     Charles  Scribner's  Sons.  1.50. 

Mr.  Henty's  books  have  long  been  popular  in  England,  and  the  reason 
is  not  far  to  seek.  They  are  full  of  movement  and  adventure,  are  gen- 
erally based  on  some  important  historical  event,  and  have  the  dash  and 
swing  that  boys  appreciate.  In  these  respects  this  story  of  the  days  of 
Hannibal  will  bear  a  favorable  comparison  with  any  of  his  thirty  odd 
volumes. 


FICTION  71 

St.   Geokge   for  England. — G.    A.    Henty.     Illustrated. 
Pp.  352.     Charles  Scribner's  Sons.  1.50. 

A  story  of  the  reign  of  Edward  III. ,  when  Cressy  and  Poictiers  had 
laid  France  prostrate  at  the  feet  of  England,  and  that  strange  sickness,  the 
"  Black  Death,"  was  ravaging  all  Europe. 

UxDEE  False  Colors. — Sarah  Doudney.    Illustrated.    Pp. 
384     Charles  Scribner's  Sons.  1.50. 

A  story  for  girls,  pure  in  tone,  pathetic  and  dramatic  by  turn,  and  in- 
tensely interesting.  Miss  Doudney  is  a  great  favorite  with  girls  in  Eng- 
land.  Character  and  nature  are  always  Miss  Doudney's  chief  stock  in  trade. 

Ungava.— R.  M.  BallantjTie.     Pp.  509.     Thomas  Nelson 
&  Sons.  1.25. 

A  story  of  a  fur-hunter's  adventures  in  the  polar  regions  around  Hud- 
son's Bay  when  that  country  was  controlled  by  the  Hudson  Bay  Fur 
Companj'. 

William  Henry  Letters. — Mrs.  A.  M.  Diaz.    Pp.  257.     D. 
Lothrop  &  Co.  1.00. 

A  boy  at  boarding-school  writes  a  series  of  entertaining  letters  to  his 
friends  at  home. 

We  All. — Octave  Thanet  (Pseudonym).    Illustrated.    Pp. 
280.     D.  Appleton  &  Co.  1.50. 

A  story  of  a  Chicago  boy's  experience  with  Southern  out-door  life  and 
adventure  in  Arkansas. 

FIFTH-READER. 

Abd  ALLAH. — Edward    Laboulaye.       Pp.     181.       Charles 
Scribner's  Sons.  1.00. 

Amid  the  flood  of  ephemeral  publications  that  is  literally  poured  from 
the  printing-presses  we  are  apt  to  lose  sight  of  this  notable  tale  of  East- 
ern life,  which  has  won  for  itself  an  abiding-place  among  the  world's 
minor  classics. 

A  Floating  City  and  the  Blockade  RrrNNER. — Jules  Verne. 
Illustrated.     Pp.  286.     Charles  Scribner's  Sons.    2.00. 

The  floating  city  is  the  Great  Eastern,  and  the  "Blockade  Runner" 
is  a  sea  story  of  our  Civil  War. 

A  Journey  to  the  Centre  of  the  Earth. — Jules  Verne. 
Illustrated.     Pp.  305.     Charles  Scribner's  Sons.     2.00. 

A  wonderful  story  of  a  trip  down  the  crater  of  an  extinct  volcano  and 
a  peep  into  the  antediluvian  world. 

Around  the  World  in  Eighty  Days. — Jules  Verne.     Pp. 
315.     Porter  &  Coates.  1.25. 

The  story  of  an  Englishman  who  went  around  the  world  in  order  to  win 
a  wager,  and  who  won  it,  although  he  thought  he  hadn't. 


72  FIVE  HUNDRED  BOOKS 

Dick  Sands. — Jules  Verne.  Illustrated.  Pp.  486. 
Charles  Scribner's  Sons.  2.00. 

The  story  of  a  boy  captain  who  is  not  without  his  share  of  more  than 
everyday  adventure.  This  is  unquestionably  the  most  interesting  book 
for  boys  of  all  Verne's  works. 

From  the  Eaeth  to  the  Moon,  and  Around  It.— Jules 
Verne.  Illustrated.  Pp.  323.  Charles  Scribner's 
Sons.  2.00. 

A  most  remarkable  tale  of  a  trip  in  an  iron  projectile  from  the  earth  to 
the  moon,  and  an  involuntary  voyage  around  it. 

Guy  Mannering. — Sir  Walter  Scott.  Pp.  516.  Ginn  & 
Co.     (Classics  for  Children.)  Boards.     Net,  .60. 

Postage,  14. 

A  realistic  presentation  of  life  in  Southeastern  Scotland  a  hundred 
years  ago,  with  an  introduction  by  Charlotte  M.  Yonge. 

Harold,  the  Last  of  the  Saxon  King?.— Sir  E.  Bulwer- 
Lytton.     Pp.  553.     George  Routledge  &  Sons.       1.25. 

A  vivid  historical  picture  of  the  Norman  Conquest. 

Hector  Servadac. — Jules  Verne.  Illustrated.  Pp.  370. 
Charles  Scribner's  Sons.  2.00. 

The  story  of  an  unexpected  trip  through  space.  In  Verne's  books  it  is 
always  the  unexpected  that  becomes  the  commonplace. 

Kaloolah.— W.  S.  Mayo.  Illustrated.  Pp.  514.  G.  P. 
Putnam's  Sons.  1.50. 

The  surprising  adventures  of  one  Jonathan  Romer  in  Central  Africa, 
of  which  Washington  Irving  said  that  it  was  "  one  of  the  most  admira- 
ble pictures  ever  produced  in  this  country." 

Last  Days  of  Pompeii. — Sir  Edward  Bulwer-Lytton. 
Pp.  549.     T.  Y.  Crowell  &  Co.  1.00. 

A  capital  story  of  the  destruction  of  Herculaneum  and  Pompeii  during 
the  eruption  of  Mt.  Vesuvius.     A  classic  in  its  way. 

Michael  Strogoff. — Jules  Verne.  Illustrated.  Pp.377. 
Charles  Scribner's  Sons.  2.00. 

Michael  was  the  messenger  of  the  Tsar,  and  he  certainly  had  a  most 
exciting  time  of  it  while  in  his  imperial  master's  service. 

My  K\lulu.— Henry  M.  Stanley.  Illustrated.  Pp.  432. 
Charles  Scribner's  Sons.  1.50. 

An  African  romance  for  boys,  based  upon  the  experience  acquired  dur- 
ing Mr.  Stanley's  journey  in  search  of  Mr.  Livingstone  in  1871-72. 


FICTION  '7^ 

Old  Mortality.— Sir  Walter  Scott.  Pp.  504.  Ginn  & 
Co.     (Classics  for  Children.)  Boards.     Net,  .60. 

Postage,  .16. 

An  edited  edition  of  this  story  of  old  Covenanter  times. 

Paul  and  Vieginia. — J.  H.  Bernardin  de  St.  Pierre.  Il- 
lustrated.    Pp.  149.     Houghton,  Mifflin  &  Co.        1.00. 

Once  a  most  popular  story,  though  now  condemned  by  some  on  ac- 
count of  what  the  critics  term  its  "  sentimental  extravagance." 

PicciOLA. — Xavier  B.  Saintine.  Illustrated.  Pp.  254. 
Houghton,  Mifflin  &  Co.  1.00. 

The  tale  of  a  prisoner  of  Napoleon,  whose  interest  in  a  little  plant  led 
him  finally  to  accept  the  great  truths  of  revealed  religion. 

QuENTiN  DuRWARD. — Sir  Walter  Scott.  Pp.  312.  Ginn 
&  Co.     (Classics  for  Children.)  Boards.     Net,  .40. 

Postage,  .12. 

A  pen  picture  of  the  days  of  Louis  XI.  of  France,  and  Charles  the  Bold 
of  Burgundy  ;  edited  with  an  historical  introduction  by  Miss  Charlotte 
M.  Yonge. 

Rasselas. — Samuel  Johnson.  Pp.  157.  Ginn  &  Co. 
(Classics  for  Children.)  Boards.     Net.  .30. 

Postage,  .08. 

Dr.  Johnson's  famous  moral  and  historical  tale  of  the  life  and  advent- 
ures of  the  Prince  of  Abyssinia.     Good,  but  a  trifle  heavy. 

The  Peterkin  Papers. — Lucretia  P.  Hale.  Pp.  219. 
Houghton,  Mifflin  &  Co.  1.50. 

Twenty-two  absurdly  funny  stories  of  the  unsuccessful  efforts  of  the 
Peterkin  family  to  become  wise. 

The  Vicar  of  Wakefield. — Oliver  Goldsmith.  Pp.  222. 
Ginn  &  Co.  (Classics  for  Children.)  Boards.  Net,  .30. 
Postage,  .07. 

One  of  our  English  classics  that  every  boy  and  girl  should  read.  This 
edition  has  been  carefully  edited  for  school  use,  and  as  it  stands  is  an 
unrivalled  picture  of  English  country  life  in  the  past. 

The  Merry  Adventures  of  Kobin  Hood. — Howard  Pyle. 
Illustrated.     Pp.  296.     Charles  Scribner's  Sons.    3!00. 

The  ancient  ballads  and  stories  that  for  centuries  have  given  such  re- 
nown to  Nottinghamshire  and  the  Merry  Men  of  Sherwood  Forest  are 
here  retold  for  us  in  quaint  and  interesting  prose,  and  illustrated  as  only 
Mr.  Pyle  knows  how  to  illustrate. 


74  FIVE  HUNDRED  BOOKS 

Tom  Brown  at  Oxford. — Thomas  Hughes.  Pp.  549.  A 
Sequel  to  "  Tom  Brown  at  Rugby."  T.  Y.  Crowell  & 
Co.  1.00. 

Although  neither  as  attractive  nor  as  famous  as  its  predecessor,  yet  it 
is  not  without  its  charm  for  older  boys. 

The  Steam  House. — Jules  Verne.  Illustrated.  Pp.  508. 
Charles  Scribner's  Sons.  2.00. 

A  thrilling  tale  of  East  Indian  life  and  adventure.  This  volume  in- 
cludes "  The  Devil  of  Cawnpore  "  and  "  Tigers  and  Traitors." 

The  Giant  Raft. — Jules  Verne.  Illustrated.  Pp.  498. 
Charles  Scribner's  Sons.  2.00. 

A  story  of  marvellous  adventure  in  the  tropical  forests  of  Brazil.  This 
volume  includes  "  The  Cryptogam." 

The  Mysterious  Island. — Jules  Verne.  Illustrated.  Pp. 
913.     Charles  Scribner's  Sons.  2.50. 

Containing  "Dropped  from  the  Clouds,"  "Abandoned,"  and  "The 
Secret  of  the  Island."  A  story  of  a  wreck  on  a  solitary  island  in  the  Pa- 
cific which  readers  of  "  Twenty  Thousand  Leagues  under  the  Sea"  will 
do  well  to  read,  as  the  mystery  of  the  former  volume  finds  its  solution  in 
this.     A  wonderfully  interesting  and  absorbing  story. 

Ten  Nights  in  a  Bar-room. — T.  S.  Arthur.  Illustrated. 
Pp.  354.     Porter  &  Coates.  .75. 

A  pathetic  picture  of  the  misery  and  crime  wrought  by  intemperance. 
A  powerful  temperance  tale. 

The  Ice  Queen. — Ernest  IngersoU.  Illustrated.  Pp.  256. 
Harper  Brothers.  1.00. 

A  party  of  boys  and  girls,  from  motives  of  economy,  start  out  to  skate 
forty  miles  instead  of  travelling  by  rail.  The  ice  breaks  up  and  they  are 
all  in  great  danger  for  a  while. 

The  Spy. — James  Fenimore  Cooper.  Illustrated.  Pp. 
437.     Houghton,  Mifflin  &  Co.  1.00. 

A  story  of  the  Revolution  and  the  "neutral  grounds"  around  White 
Plains.  Washington  and  other  historic  characters  figure  in  it.  Probably 
the  most  popular  of  Cooper's  novels. 

The  Pilot. — James  Fenimore  Cooper.  Illustrated.  Pp. 
444.     Houghton,  Mifflin  &  Co.  1.00. 

The  plot  of  "  The  Pilot  "  centres  on  a  secret  expedition  of  John  Paul 
Jones  to  the  coast  of  England  in  the  year  1 TT9.  It  is  the  most  famous  of 
all  Cooper's  sea-stories.  Cooper's  popularity  as  a  novelist  is  waning  in 
these  days ;  more's  the  pity  when  we  consider  by  whom  he  is  succeeded. 


FICTION  75 

The  Deer-slayer. — James  Fenimore  Cooper.     Illustrated. 
Pp.  591.     Houghton,  Mifflin  &  Co.  1.00. 

The  first  volume  of  The  Leather-Stocking  Tales  ;  a  picture  of  Indian 
warfare  in  New  York  between  the  settlers  and  the  crafty  Iroquois. 

The  Pathfinder. — James  Fenimore  Cooper.     Illustrated. 
Pp.  509.     Houghton,  Mifflin  &  Co.  1.00. 

The  second  volume  of  The  Leather-Stocking  Tales.  Each  volume  of 
the  series  is  complete  in  itself,  although  retaining  many  of  the  characters 
of  the  other  volumes. 

The  Last  of  the  Mohicans. — James   Fenimore  Cooper. 
lUustrated.     Pp.  431.     Houghton,  Mifflin  &  Co.    1.00. 

Usually  considered  the  best  of  Cooper's  Indian  tales.  The  scene  is 
laid  around  what  is  now  known  as  Watkin's  (ilen,  and  the  story  de- 
scribes the  capture  by  the  Iroquois  of  a  young  officer  and  two  ladies  dur- 
ing the  French  and  Indian  War. 

The  Pioneers. — James   Fenimore   Cooper.     Illustrated. 
Pp.  486.     Houghton,  Mifflin  &  Co.  1.00. 

In  this  volume  civilization  has  made  its  way  into  the  former  wilder- 
ness   which  the  Indians  must  now  abandon  forever. 

The  Prairie. — James  Fenimore  Cooper.    Illustrated.    Pp. 
468.     Houghton,  Mifflin  &  Co.  1.00. 

Covers  the  adventures  and  death  of  the  "Deer-slayer,"  who  has  now 
pushed  his  camp  further  toward  the  Far  West,  and  completes  the  series. 

Twenty  Thousand  Leagues  Under  the  Sea. — Jules  Verne. 
Pp.  303.     T.  Y.  Crowell  &  Co.  1.00. 

The  wonderful  story  of  Captain  Nemo  and  his  ingenious  electric  sub- 
marine boat.  i\[uch  scientific  information  is  worked  into  this,  as  in  all 
of  Verne's  stories.  The  sequel  of  this  book  will  be  found  in  "  The 
Mysterious  Island." 

The  Man  Without  a  Country. — E.   E.   Hale.     Pp.  216. 
Roberts  Brothers.  1.00. 

A  volume  of  many  tales  by  many  authors.  The  one  giving  the  volume 
its  title  is  one  of  the  most  successful  short  stories  ever  written  in  this 
country  ;  a  story  of  the  days  of  Blennerhassett. 

Uncle  Tom's  Cabin. — Harriet  B.  Stov/e.    Illustrated.     Pp. 
500.     Houghton,  Mifflin  &  Co.  .  1.00. 

Probably  the  most  popular  and  widely  circulated  story  bonk  published 
in  this  country.  A  story  of  plantation  life  prior  to  1860,  and  a  more  or 
less  true  or  untrue  picture  of  doings  in  the  "  Sunny  South,"  according  to 
the  bias  of  the  reader. 


76  FIVE  HUNDRED  BOOKS 

SIXTH-READER  GRADE. 

A  Tale  of  Two  Cities.— Charles  Dickens.     Illustrated. 
Pp.  158.     Harper  &  Brothers.  1.00 

The  most  dramatic  of  all  Dickens'  books.  A  story  of  the  French  Rev- 
olution, presenting  a  vivid  description  of  the  horrors  of  mob  rule  and  the 
Reign  of  Terror. 

Ben  Hue.— General  Lew  Wallace.     Illustrated.     Pp.  552. 
Harper  &  Brothers.  1.50 

A  wonderful  story  of  the  time  of  Christ ;  not  a  classic,  but  certainly  a 
great  story.  Strangely  enough,  there  is  one  unorthodox  page  in  this  book, 
which  the  curious  will  enjoy  looking  up. 

The  Collegians.— Gerald  Griffin.     Pp.  389.     Frederick 
Warne  &  Co.  .75 

The  world-famous  Irish  story  of  the  "  Colleen  Bawn  ;  "  in  fact,  this 
volume  is  sometimes  published  under  the  latter  title. 

John  Halifax,  Gentleman. — Mrs.  D.  M.  Craik  fMiss  Mu- 
lock).  lUustrated.     Pp.  486.  Hai-per  &  Brothers.     .90. 

The  best  story  of  a  lady  whose  pen  has  always  been  employed  for  a  high 
and  noble  purpose. 

Kenilwokth. — Sir  Walter  Scott.     Illustrated.     Pp.   671. 
Houghton,  Mifflin  k  Co.  1.00. 

A  tale  of  the  days  of  Queen  Elizabeth  and  her  court,  presenting  the 
story  of  the  unhappy  Amy  Robsart. 

The  Makble  Faun. — Nathaniel  Hawthorne.     With  Fron- 
tispiece.    Pp.  527.     Houghton,  Mifflin  &  Co.         2.00. 

An  unrivalled  romance  of  Italian  life ;  by  many  it  is  considered  the 
masterpiece  of  this  master-hand. 

KoB  EoY.— Sir   Walter   Scott.     Pp.    507.     Ginn   &   Co. 
(Classics  for  Children.)  Boards.     Net,  .60. 

Postage,  .15. 

A  picture  of  Scotland  in  the  romantic  days  of  the  ''  Old  Pretender," 
introducing  the  famous  Highland  chieftain  Rob  Roy,  who  must  have 
been  the  prototype  for  the  modem  "  dialect "  school  of  fiction. 

Ramona.— Helen  Hunt  Jackson  (H.  H.).     Pp.  490.   Rob- 
erts Brothers.  1.50. 

Charles  Dudley  Warner  has  put  himself  on  record  as  saying  that  "  Ra- 
mona is  one  of  the  most  charming  creations  of  modern  fiction."  A  stir- 
ring presentation  of  the  brutal  treatment  of  the  Indians  by  our  Govern- 
ment. 


FICTION  77 

Rudder  Grange. — Frank  R.  Stocktou.  Illustrated.  Pp. 
322.     Charles  Scribner's  Sons.  2.00. 

An  interesting  story  of  wanderings  in  a  canal-boat  and  of  life  in  a 
riverside  camp,  told  with  the  peculiar  dry  humor  that  characterizes  most 
— but  not  all — of  Mr.  Stockton's  stories. 

House  of  the  Seven  Gables,  and  The  Snow  Image. — Na- 
thaniel Hawthorne.  Pp.  641.  Houghton,  Mifflin  & 
Co.  2.00. 

An  American  classic  ;  it  needs  no  further  comment. 

Marjorie  Daw  and  Other  Stories. — Thomas  B.  Aldrich. 
niustrated.     Pp.  287.     Houghton,  Mifflin  &  Co.     1.00. 

The  sketch  which  gives  this  volume  its  title  is  an  exquisite  story  which 
perhaps  (ilder  boys  and  girls  will  better  enjoy.  The  other  stories  are 
almost  as  good,  which  is  saying  a  good  deal. 

The  Pickwick  Papers. — Charles  Dickens.  Illustrated. 
Pp.  759.     MacmiUan  &  Co.  1.00. 

A  droll  recital  of  the  adventures  and  misadventures  of  Mr.  Pickwick 
and  his  friends  in  their  journey  about  England. 

The  Old  Curiosity  Shop. — Charles  Dickens.  Illustrated. 
Pp.  234.     Harper  &  Brothers.  1.25. 

The  pathetic  story  of  Little  Nell,  the  evils  of  gambling,  and  the  deli- 
cious drollery  of  Dick  Swiveller  are  here  related  with  wonderful  power. 

The  Story  of  Colette. — From  the  French.  Illustrated. 
Pp.  195.     D.  Appleton  &  Co.  1.50. 

A  pure  and  charming  story  of  French  life,  translated  with  much  skill 
and  cleverness.  A  bright  picture  of  human  nature  and  country  life  in 
France,  and  a  welcome  relief  from  the  stories  of  her  Jin-cle-siecle  realists. 

Waverley.— Sir  Walter  Scott.  Hlustrated.  Pp.  732. 
Houghton,  Mifflin  &  Co.  1.00. 

A  story  of  1745  in  the  days  of  the  Young  Pretender. 


FAIRY  TALES   AND   MYTHOLOGY 


THIRD-READER  GRADES. 

^sop's  Fables,  containing  also  Fables  from  La  Fontaine 
and  Krilof.  Illustrated.  Pp.  204.  Ginn  &  Co. 
(Classics  for  Children.)  Boards.     Net,  .35. 

Postage,  .07. 

A  simple  version  of  these  world-famous  fables. 

Adventures  of  a  Brownie. — Dinah  M.  Craik  (Miss  Mu- 
lock).      Illustrated.     Pp.    140.     Harper   &   Brothers. 

.90. 

Describes  in  six  stories  the  tricks  played  upon  certain  children  by  that 
variety  of  a  fairy  known  as  a  "  brownie." 

Alice's  Adventures  in  Wonderland,  with  Through  the 
Looking-glass. — C.  L.  Dodgson  (Lewis  Carrol).  Illus- 
trated.    Pp.  416.     MacmiUan  &  Co.  1.00. 

The  most  delightful  of  all  nonsense  books;  one  that  has  already  be- 
come a  classic.     Every  child  should  know  this  volume  by  heart. 

Andersen's  (Hans  C.)  Fairy  Tales. — Illustrated.  First 
Series.  Pp.  280.  Second  Series.  Pp.  346.  Ginn  & 
Co.  (Classics  for  Children.)  Boards.  Each,  Net,  .40. 
Postage,  .10. 

A  convenient  edition  of  these  charming  Danish  stories. 

Book  of  Folk-stories. — Rewritten  bv  Horace  E.  Scudder. 
With  Frontispiece.  Pp.  152.  Houghton,  Mifflin  & 
Co.  .60. 

In  which  are  retold,  in  simple,  direct  English,  some  of  the  best  known 
household  tales  and  legends. 

Book  of  Tales. — Edited  by  William  Swinton.  Illus- 
trated. Pp.  272.  American  Book  Co.  Net,  .50. 
Postage,  .06. 

A  most  delightful  collection  of  folk-lore,  tales,  and  poems  gathered 
from  all  sources.     A  pioneer  book  of  its  kind. 


FAIRY  TALES  AND  MYTHOLOGY  79 

Fairy  Book. — Dinah   M.    Craik   (Miss    Mulock).     Illus- 
trated.    Pp.  480.     Haii^er  &  Brothers.  .90. 

Standard  fairy  tales  retold  in  the  attractive  style  of  their  editor. 

German  Popul.\r  Tales. — The  Grimm   Brothers.     Illus- 
trated.     Pp.  270.     MacmiUan  &  Co.  2.00. 

Tales  gathered  from  the  lips  of  the  German  peasantry  by  a  house-to- 
house  visit  of  these  untiring  philologists. 

LoB-LiE-BY-THE-FiRE  AXD  Other  Tales. — Mrs.  J.  H.  Ewing. 
Pp.  349.     Koberts  Brothers.  .50. 

Stories  cleverly  told  about  a  "  north  countree  "  brownie  and  his  fel- 
lows.    Mrs.  Ewing's  fairy  tales  are  always  good. 

King  of  the  Golden  River. — John  Buskin.     Illustrated. 
Pp.  53.     Ginn  &  Co.     (Classics  for  Children.) 

Boards.     Net,  .20. 
Postage,  .06. 

A  Styrian  legend,  setting  forth  in  classic  English  prose  the  world-old 
story  that  happiness  lost  by  avarice  is  to  be  won  by  virtue  only. 

The  Wonder   Clock. — Howard   Pyle.     Illustrated.     Pp. 
320.     Harper  &  Brothers.  Half  Leather.     3.00. 

Twenty- four  wonderful  tales,  one  for  each  hour  of  the  day,  quaintly 
told  by  the  author,  who  has  stepped  into  Wonderland  for  his  stories. 

FOURTH-GRADE  SERIES. 

At  the  Back  of  the  North  Wind. — George  Macdonald. 
lUustrated.    Pp.378.    George  Routledge  &  Sons.   1.25. 

An  original  allegorical  story,  in  which  is  related  the  touching  love  of 
the  coachman's  son  for  the  horse  after  whom  he  has  been  named  by  hia 
parents,  as  well  as  the  story  of  the  beautiful  North  Wind. 

A    Wonder    Book. — Nathaniel    Hawthorne.      Pp.     196. 
Houghton,  Mifflin  &  Co.  Boards.     Net,  40. 

Postage,  .05. 

Classic  myths  retold  for  modem  children  in  classic  English  prose. 

Bric-a-brac  Stories. — Mrs.  Burton  Harrison.    Illustrated. 
Pp.  299.     Charles  Scribner's  Sons.  1.50. 

The  several  articles  of  bric-a-brac  in  a  drawing-room  tell  a  child  stories 
appropriate  to  their  various  native  lands. 

Behind   Time.  -  George    Parsons   Lathrop.     Illustrated. 
Pp.  198.     Cassell  &  Co.  1.25. 

An  interesting  story  told  in  the  same  vein  and  evidently  suggested  by 
its  famous  prototype,  "  Alice  in  Wonderland."  A  little  boy  playing, 
hides  in  the  clock  and  falls  asleep.  His  dreams  are  here  related  in  the 
form  of  a  wonder  story. 


80  FIVE  HUNDRED  BOOKS 

Celtic  Fairy  Tales. — Collected  by  Joseph  Jacobs.     Illus- 
trated.    Pp.  267.     G.  P.  Putnam's  Sons.  1.75. 

A  collection  of  folk-lore  made  by  the  scholarly  president  of  the  "  Eng- 
lish Folk-lore  Society,"  which  will  interest  the  young  as  well  as  the 
old. 

Davy  and  the  Goblin. — Charles  E.  Carryl.     Illustrated. 
Pp.  161.     Houghton,  Mifflin  &  Co.  1.50. 

The  fantastic  and  interesting  story  of  a  little  boy  who  wouldn't  believe 
in  fairies  and  goblins. 

English  Fairy  Tales. — Collected  by  Joseph  Jacobs.     Il- 
lustrated.    Pp.  253.     G  P.  Putnam's  Sons.  1.75. 

Little  people  who  want  "real"  fairy  tales,  told  simply  and  graphi- 
cally, will  enjoy  this  volume. 

Fairy   Book. — Edward    Laboulaye.       Illastrated.      Pp. 
364.     Harper  &  Brothers.  2.00. 

Fairy  tales  of  all  nations,  under  which  is  veiled  an  abundance  of  wit 
and  satire  that  elder  people  will  enjoy  keenly. 

Fairy  Tales   in   Prose   and  Verse. — Edited   by   W.    J. 
Kolfe.     Illustrated.      Pp.    154.     Harper   &   Brothers. 

Net,  .36. 
Postage,  .08. 

A  capital  collection  of  fairy  stories,  accompanied  by  the  scholarly 
notes  of  a  book-maker  who  has  few  equals.  A  wonderfully  cheap  book 
for  the  price. 

Greek   Heroes. — Charles   Kingsley.      Illustrated.      Px3. 
167.     Ginn  &  Co.     (Classics  for  Children.) 

Boards.     Net,  .35. 
Postage,  .09. 

Classical  myths  retold  for  children  in  Canon  Kingsley's  charming  Eng- 
lish. 

Heroes  of  Asgard. — Annie  and  E.  Keary.     Illustrated. 
Pp.  323.     MacmiUan  &  Co.  1.00. 

Tales  from  the  Norse  mythology  and  the  "  Niebelungen  Lied." 

Moonfolk. — Jane  G.  Austen.     Illustrated.     Pp.  206.     G. 
P.  Putnam's  Sons.  1.50. 

In  which  is  veraciously  set  forth  a  "true  account  of  the  home  of  the 
fairy  tales." 

New  Fairy  Tales. — Clemens  Brentano.     A.  C.  Armstrong 
&  Son.  1.50. 

A  choice  selection  of  the  best  of  these  famous  stories. 


FAIRY  TALES  AND  MYTHOLOGY  81 

Nine  Worlds. — Stories  from  the  Norse  Mythology.  Mary 
E.  Litchfield.     Pp.  163.     Illustrated.  ^  Ginn  &  Co. 

Net,  .50. 
Postage,  .07. 

This  little  volume,  based  chiefly  on  the  Eddas,  tells  the  story  of  the 
old  Norse  gods  simply  and  well. 

Norse  Stories. — Hamilton  W.  Mabie.  Pp.  170.  Eob- 
erts  Brothers.  1.00. 

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i:ndex  to  authoes 


PAGE 

Abbott,   C.    C.    Days  Out  of 

Doors 53 

Naturalist's  Rambles  About 

Home ...  53 

Outings  at  Odd  Times 54 

Abbott,  E.   A.     How  to  Write 

Clearly 85 

Abbott,    Jacob.     Alexander  the 

Great 32 

Julius  Caesar 33 

Learning    About    Common 

Things 49 

Xerxes    32 

Abbott  J.    S.    C.     Peter  Stuy- 

vesant 33 

Paul  Jones 33 

Daniel  Boone 33 

Addison,  J.     Cato 29 

Sir  Roger  de  Coverly 27 

.^sop's  Fables 78 

The  same  in  words  of  one 

syllable 57 

Aikin,    Dr.,  and  Mrs.  Barbauld, 

Evenings  at  Home 58 

The  same  in  words  of  one 

syllable 57 

Alcott,    L.    M.     An  Old  Fash- 
ioned Girl 60 

Eight  Cousins 62 

Hospital  Sketches 63 

Jo's  Boys 64 

Little  Women 64 

Little  Men 64 

Spinning  Wheel  Stories 60 

Alden,  R.  M.     A  World  of  Little 

People 48 

Aldrich,  T.  B.     Marjorie  Daw. .   77 

Story  of  a  Bad  Boy 66 

Alton,    Edmund.      Among    the 

Law  Makers 84 

Andersen,  H.  C.     Fairy  Tales . .  78 
Andrews,  J.   Seven  Little  Sisters  41 
Seven  Little  Sisters  Prove 
Their  Sisterhood 41 


PAGE 

Andrews,  J.  Story  Mother  Nat- 
ure Told  Her  Child 49 

Ten  Boys  who  Lived  on  the 

Road  irom  Long  Ago  till 

Now 36 

Anstey,  F.     See  Guthrie,  F.  A . 
Arabian  Nights.     Edited  by  E. 

E.  Hale 83 

Aristophanes.      The  Birds  and 

the  Knights 30 

Arthur,  T.  S.     Ten  Nights  in  a 

Bar-room 74 

Audubon,  John  J.,  Life  of.     By 

Mrs.  Audulx)n 40 

Austen,  J.  G.    Moonfolk 80 

Azarias,  Brotner.     Development 

of  Old  English  Thought. .  30 
Baker,  Sir  Samuel.    Cast  up 

by  the  Sea 01 

Baldwin,  J.    Story  of  the  Golden 

Age 82 

Story  of  Roland 83 

Story  of  Siegfried 82 

Ballantyne,  R.  M.     Dog  Crusoe.  69 

Ungava 71 

BaUard,  J.  P.    Among  the  Moths 

and  Butterflies 50 

Bamford,    M.    E.      Look-about 

Club 49 

Up  and  Down  the  Brooks . .  53 
Baron  Munchausen.    See  Gaspe', 

R.  E. 
Barr,  A.   E.     Young  People   of 

Shakespeare's  Drama 29 

Beard,    D.  C.     American  Boy's 

Handy  Book 84 

Beard,  L.  and  A.  B.     American 

Girl's  Handy  Book 84 

Belcher,    Lady.      Mutineers    of 

the  Bounty 47 

BeUamy,   B.    W.,   and    M.    W. 

Goodwin.     Open  Sesame, 

3  vols ".....  21,  23,  26 

Besant,  Walter.     Life  of  Cap- 
tain Cook 38 


88 


INDEX  TO  AUTHORS 


PAGE 

Black,    Wm.     The    Four   Mac- 

nicols 67 

Blaikie,  W.  How  to  Get  Strong.  51 
Blake,  M.  E.,  and  M.  F.  Sullivan. 

Mexico 47 

Bolton,  S.    K.     Girls   Who  Be- 
came Famous 39 

Bowker,  R.  R.     Economics   for 

the  People 8.5 

Boy's  Own  Book 84 

Boy's  Workshop,  A 50 

Boyesen,    H.    H.     The  Modern 

Vikings 70 

Brentano,  C.  New  Fairy  Tales.  80 
Brooks,  E.  S.     Historic  Boys. ..  33 

Historic  Girls 33 

Story  of  the  American  In- 
dian  38 

Story  of  the  American  Sail- 
or  39 

Story  of  the  American  Sol- 
dier  39 

Brooks,  N.     Life    of   Abraham 

Lincoln 39 

The  Boy  Emigrants 69 

The  Boy  Settlers   69 

Brown,  J.  Rab  and  His  Friends  26 
Brownmg,   Robert.      Selections 

from .     27 

Buckley,  A.  B.     Fairy-Land  of 

Science 51 

Life  and  Her  Children    53 

Through  Magic  Glasses. ...  54 
Bulfinch,  T.  Age  of  Fable ....  83 
Bulwer,  Sir  E.  Harold,  the  Last 

of  the  Saxon  Kings 72 

Last  Days  of  Pompeii 73 

Burnand,  F.  C.   The  New  Sand- 
ford  and  Merton 68 

Burnett,   F.  H.     Editha's  Bur- 
glar  58 

Little  Lord  Fauntleroy 64 

Little  Saint  Elizabeth 59 

Sara  Crewe 66 

Burroughs,  J.  Locusts  and  Wild 

Honey .53 

Wake  Robin 55 

Butterworth,  H.The  Log  School- 
House  on  the  Columbia. .  69 

Camp,  W.  American  Football.  84 
Campbell,    H.       The    American 

Girl's  Home-Book 84 

Carroll,    Lewis.     See    Dodgson, 

C.   L. 


PAGE 

Carryl,    C.   E.     Davy   and    the 

Goblin 80 

Cervantes,  M.  de.     Don  Quixote  29 
Champlin,    J.    D.,  Jr.      Young 
Folks'  Cyclopaedia  of  Com- 
mon Things 85 

Chenoweth,  C.  V.  D.    Stories  of 

the  Saints 37 

Chesterfield,  Lord.  Letters,  Sen- 
tences, and  Maxims 85 

Church,  Rev.  A.  J.  Count  of  the 

Saxon  Shore 68 

Stories  from  the  Greek  Tra- 
gedians   27 

Stories  from  Livy 37 

Stories  of  the  Old  World. . .  82 

Story  of  the  Hiad 27 

Story  of  the  Odyssey 27 

Three  Greek  Children 67 

To  the  Lions 67 

Two  Thousand  Years  Ago.  67 

A  Young  Macedonian 60 

Claude,      Mary     S.        Twilight 

Thoughts 60 

Coffin,  C.  C.     Boys  of  '76 34 

Building  the  Nation 34 

Drum  Beat  of  the  Nation. .  34 

Freedom  Triumphant 35 

Marching  to  Victory 34 

Old  Times  in  the  Colonies.  34 
Redeeming  the  Republic  34 
Columbus,     C,     Life     of.     By 

Washington  Irving 37 

Cook,    Captain,  Life    of.       By 

Walter  Besant 38 

Voyages  of.    Edited  by  A. 

Kippes ...t 45 

Coolidge,  Susan.     See  Woolsey, 
S.  C. 

Cooper,  J.  F.    Deerslayer 75 

Pathfinder 75 

Last  of  the  Mohicans 75 

Pioneers 75 

Prairie 75 

Pilot 74 

Spy ^^4 

Cox,  Sir  G.  W.  Tales  of  Ancient 

Greece 83 

Craik,  D.     M.     (Miss    Mulock). 

Adventures  of  a  Brownie.  78 

Fairy  Book 79 

John  Halifax,  Gentleman. .   76 
Little  Sunshine's  Holiday. .  59 
Creasy,  E.  S.     Fifteen  Decisive 

Battles  of  the  World 40 


INDEX   TO  AUTHORS 


89 


PAGE 

Crowninshield,  M.B.  All  Among 

the  Lighthouses 41 

Cumming,  G.      Wild   Men   and 

Beasts 46 

Custer,  Mrs.   E.  B.     Boots   and 

Saddles 46 

Dana,  R.  H.     Two  Years  Before 

the  Mast 28 

Darwin,  C.     What  Mr.  Darwin 

Saw 52 

Day,  T.     Sandf ord  and  Merton .  66 
The  same  in  words  of  one 

syllable 57 

De  Foe,  D.     Robinson  Crusoe . .  65 
The  same  in  words  of  one 

syllable 57 

DeMille,  J.     The  B.  O.  W.  C. . .  70 
Diaz,    Mrs.       William    Henry. 

Letters 71 

Dickens,      Charles.      Christmas 

Stories 61 

Old  Curiosity  Shop 77 

Pickwick  Papers 77 

Tale  of  Two  Cities 76 

Dodge,  Mary  Mapes.    Hans  Brin- 

ker 63 

Rhymes  and  Jingles 21 

Dodgson,  C.  L.  (Lewis  Carroll). 
Alice's  Adventures  in 
Wonderland 78 

Dole,  N.  H.     A  Score  of  Famous 

Composers 40 

Dole,  C.  F.  The  American  Citi- 
zen   85 

Doudney,    Sarah.      Michaelmas 

Daisy 65 

Under  False  Colors 71 

Drake,  S.  A.    The  Making  of  the 

Great  West 38 

Du  Chaillu,    Paul    B.      Gorilla 

Country 43 

Lost  in  the  Jungle 43 

Wild  Life  under  the  Equa- 
tor   44 

Duplessis,  G.  Wonders  of  En- 
graving     55 

Edgeworth,  M.     The  Parent's 

Assistant 69 

Eggleston,     E.      The      Hoosier 

Schoolboy 69 

Eggleston,  G.  C.  The  Big  Brother  68 

Ellis,  E.  S.     Lost  in  Samoa 65 


PAGE 

Eliot,   Samuel  (editor).     Poetry 

forChadrjn 21 

Euripides.    Alcestis 29 

Ewiug,  J.  H.     Jan  of  the  Wind- 
mill     63 

Jack-a-napes      and      other 

Tales 64 

Last  Words 59 

Lob  Lie  by  the  Fire 79 

Six  to  Sixteen  66 

Faraday,    M.     Chemical    His- 
tory of  a  Candle 51 

Fenelon,  Selections  from ol 

Telemachus 29 

Fenn,  Geo.  M.     Dick  o'  the  Fens  62 
In  the  King's  Name 63 

Fiske,  J.     The  War  of  Indepen- 

den  ce 38 

Fouque,  De   la  Motte.     Undine, 

Sintram,  etc 83 

Franklin,    B.    F.      An    Autobi- 
ography   33 

Poor  Richara's  Almanac ...  23 

French,  H.  W.     American  Boys 

in  China 45 

Frith,  Henry.     Ascents  and  Ad- 
ventures    44 

Frye,    Alex.    E.       Brooks    and 

Brook  Basins 49 

Fulton,  Robert,  and  Steam  Navi- 
gation.     By  T.  W.  Knox.  38 

Garrison,  W.    P.     (compiler). 

Good  Night  Poetry 23 

Gaspe,  Rudolph  E.     Travels  of 

Baron  Munchausen 67 

Gilman,  J.  B.     The  Kingdom  of 

Coins 50 

Goldsmith,  O.  Select  Poems  . .  26 
The  Vicar  of  Wakefield. ...  73 
Gray,  Thomas.  Select  Poems  ...  25 
Great  Words  from  Great  Ameri- 
cans    35 

Greene.  Homer.      Coal  and  the 

Coal  Mines 50 

Burnham  Breaker 61 

Griffin,  Gerald.  The  Collegians  76 
Grimm,  Bros.     German  Popular 

Tales 79 

Guthrie,  F.  A.  (F.  Anstey).  Vice 

Versa 83 

Hale,  E.  E.     Arabian  Nights..  82 
Four  and  Five 6i3 

Lights  of  Two  Centuries ...  36 
Man  without  a  Country 75 


90 


INDEX  TO  AUTHORS 


PAGE 

Hale,  E.  E.     Stories  of  Adven- 
ture    43 

Stories  of  Discovery 43 

Stories  of  the  Sea 43 

Stories  of  War 35 

Hale,    E.    E.    and   S.     Family 

Plight  Around  Home 42 

Hale,  G.  E.     Little  Flower  Peo- 
ple   49 

Hale,  L.  P.     The  Peterkm  Pa- 
pers    73 

HaH,  C.  W.     Adrift  in  the  Ice- 
fields   41 

Hamerton,    P.    G.     Around  my 

House 47 

Hartland,  E.  S.     English  Fairy 

and  Other  Folk  Tales ....  83 
Harris,  J.  C.  Uncle  Remus. ...  83 
Harrison,  Mrs.  Burton.     Bric-a- 

Brac  Stories 79 

Old-fashioned  Fairy  Book.  81 
Hawthorne,     N.       Biographical 

Storiss 36 

The    House   of    the    Seven 

Gables 77 

The  Marble  Faun 76 

True     Stories     from     New 

England  History 34 

Twice  Told  Tales 67 

Wonder  Book 79 

Hayes,  I.  I.     Cast  away  in  the 

Cold 61 

Healy,  E.     On  Christian  Art. ..  51 
Henley,  W.  E.   A  Book  of  Verses 

for  Boys 22 

Henty,  G.  A.     The  Cat  of  Bu- 

bastes 70 

Dash  for  Khartoum 70 

The  Dragon  and  the  Raven  70 

For  the  Temple 62 

In  Freedom's  Cause 63 

The  Lion  of  St.  Mark 70 

The  Reign  of  Terror 63 

St.  George  for  England 71 

Through  the  Fray 70 

The  Young  Carthaginian. . .  70 
Herbermann,    C.    G.       Business 

Life  in  Ancient  Rome 47 

Herodotus,  for  Boys  and  Girls. 

Edited  by  J.^  S.  White...   36 

Heroes  of  the  Desert 42 

Herrick.  S.    B.     The  Earth  in 

Past  Ages 52 

Higginson,    Mrs.    S.    J.      Java : 

the  Pearl  of  the  East  . . , ,  45 


PAGE 

Higginson,  T.W.  Young  Folks' 
Book  of  American  Ex- 
plorers    35 

Holder,    Charles   F.     A  Frozen 

Dragon 50 

Living  Lights ....    53 

Marvels  of  Animal  Life ....  53 

The  Ivory  King 54 

Along  the  Florida  Reef  ....  47 
Homer.     See  Church,  Rev.  A.  J. 

Hook,  S.  L.     Little  People 51 

Hooker,    W.     Child's    Book    of 

Nature 48 

Hughes,    Thomas.     Alfred    the 

Great 33 

Tom  Brown  at  Oxford 74 

Tom  Brown  at  Rugby 67 

Hutton,  L.     Literary  Landmarks 

of  Edinburgh 47 

Imitation  of  Christ 30 

Ingelow,  Jean.     Stories  told  to  a 

Child 60 

IngersoU,    E.       Friends    worth 

Knowing 51 

The  Ice  Queen 74 

Irving,  Washington.  Astoria.  44 
Adventures  of  Captain  Bon- 
neville    44 

Life  of  Christopher  Colum- 
bus  37 

Knickerbocker's  History  of 

New  York 40 

Sketch  Book 23 

Washington  and  his  Coun- 
try  o8 

Jackson,  H.  H.     Letters  from 

a  Cab 49 

Ramona 76 

Jacobs,  J.    Celtic  Fairy  Tales..  80 

English  Fairy  Tales 80 

J.  A.  K.  (pseudonym).  Birch- 
wood  61 

Jameson,  Mrs.  Anna.     Legends 

of  the  Madonna 56 

Legends    of    the    Monastic 

Order 56 

Memoirs  of  the  Early  Italian 

Painters 53 

Sacred  and  Legendary  Art.  56 
Johnson,  R.     Phaeton  Rogers..  65 

Johnson,  S.     Rasselas 73 

Josephus  for  Y'oung  Folks.  Edi- 
ted by  W.  Shepard 37 


INDEX   TO-  AUTHORS 


n 


PAGE 

Keakt,   a.  and  E.     Heroes  of 

Asgard 80 

Kempis,  Thomas    a.    Imitation 

of  Christ BO 

Kingsley,  Charles.  Greek  Heroes  80 

Madame    How    and    Lady- 
Why  51 

Town  Geology 53 

Water  Babies 81 

Kingston,  W.  H.  G.  Afar  in  the 

Forest 61 

At  the  South  Pole 61 

Book  of  Notable  Voyages. .  45 

Great  African  Travellers . .  43 
Kirby,  M.  and  E.     Aunt   Mar- 
tha's Corner  Cupboard..  48 
Knox,  T.  W.     Boy  Travellers  in 

Australia 45 

Boy    Travellers  in   Ceylon 
and  India 44 

Boy    Travellers    in    Egypt 
and  the  Holy  Land 45 

Boy  Travellers  in  Japan  and 
China 44 

Boy  Travellers  in  Siam  and 
Java 44 

Boy  Travellers  in  the  Rus- 
sian Empire 45 

Boy  Travellers  on  the  Con- 
go   45 

Bov      Travellers      through 
Airica 45 

Voyage  of  the   Vivian 46 

Young     Nimrods     Around 
the  World .  46 

Young   Nimrods    in  North 
America 46 

Robert  Fulton  and  Steam-  ■ 
ship  Navigation 38 

Laboulate,  E.     Abdallah 71 

Fairy  Book 80 

Lamb,  Charles.     Adventures  of 

Ulysses 83 

Essays  of  Elia oO 

Lamb,  Charles  and  Mary,  Poetry 

for  Children 23 

Tales  from  Shakespeare 28 

Lang,  Andrew.     The  Blue  Fairy 

Book 81 

The  Blue  Poetry  Book  ....  28 

The  Red  Fairy  Book 81 

Lanier,     Sidney.      The      Boys' 

Froissart 37 

The  Boys'  King  Aithur. . .  83 


PAGE 

Lanier.  Sidney.  The  Boys'  Percy  28: 
Knightly  Legends  of  Wales  83 
Lathrop,  G.  P.     Behind  Time..   ID 
Lawrence,  Uncle.     In  Search  of 

a  Son 41) 

Lee,  F.  P.  Sunshine  in  Life 28 

Lefevre,  M.     Wonders  of  Archi- 
tecture  55 

Leighton,  R.     The  Pilots  of  Po- 
mona    68 

Lillie,  L.  C.   The  Story  of  Music 

and  Musicians 53 

Lincoln,  Abraham,  Life  of.    By 

Noah  Brooks 89 

Gettysburg      Speech      and 

Other  Papers 35 

Litchfield,  :SI.  E.     Nine  Worlds  81 
Livy.     See  Church,  Rev.  A.  J. 
Lodge,  H.  C.  (editor).     Ballads 

and  Lyrics 23 

Longfellow,  H.  W.      Children's 

Hour 23 

Courtship  of  Miles  Standish  34 

Evangeline 25 

Golden  Legend 31 

Hiawatha 25 

Lukin,  J.     The  Boy  Engineers.  54 
The  Young  Mechanic 54 

Mabie,  H.  W.     Norse  Stories..  81 

Macaulay,  T.  B.     Earl  of  Chat- 
ham    24 

Essay  on  Lord  Clive 24 

Lays  of  Ancient  Rome 25 

Mace,  Jean.  History  of  a  Mouth- 
ful of  Bread 51 

McCook,  H.  C.     Tenants  of  an 

Old  Farm 53 

Macdonald,    George.       At    the 

Back  of  the  North  Wind.  79 

Gutta-Percha  Willie 59 

Ranald  Bannerman's  Boy- 
hood    66 

Macy,  J.     Our  Government 85 

Marryat,    Capt.  F.     Masterman 

Ready 65 

Martineau,  Harriet.     The  Peas- 
ant and  the  Prince 68 

Mayo,  W.   S.      Kaloolah 73 

Meade,  L.  T.     See  Smith  L.  T. 

Merriman,  F.  A.     Birds  through 

an  Opera  Glass 50 

Miller,    O.  T.     Little    Folks  in 

Feathers  and  Fur 49 

Little  People  of  Asia 41 


INDEX  TO  AUTHORS 


PAGE 

Mitchell,  D.  G.    About  old  Story 

Tellers 40 

Molesworth,  Mrs.     Carrots 58 

Christmas   Child 57 

Christmas  Tree  Land 58 

Grandmother  Dear 58 

HerrBaby 59 

Little  Miss  Peggy 59 

Us 60 

Molloy,  D.  D.  G.     Gleanings   in 

Science 56 

Monnier,  Marc.  Wonders  of 
Pompeii  and  the  Pompei- 

ans 55 

Monroe,  Kirk.     Prince  Dusty.,  65 
Montgomery,     D.     H.      Heroic 

Ballads 22 

The  Two  Great  Retreats  of 

History 39 

Morrison,     M.     J.       Son2;s    and 

Rhj'  mes  for  Little  Ones ...  21 
Moulton,  L.  C.  Bedtime  Stories  57 
MulhoUand,  Rosa.     Gianetta...  62 

Hetty  Gray 63 

Mulock,  Miss.  See  Craik,  ]\Irs. 
D.  M. 

Noel,  Mauricf.  Buz  ;  or,  The 
Life  and  Adventures  of  a 

Honey  Bee 48 

Nordhoff,  C.    Politics  for  Young 

Americans 85 

Man  of  War  Life 43 

The  Merchant  Vessel 43 

Old  Testament  Stories 32 

Page,  T.  N.  Two  Little  Con- 
federates    68 

Palgrave,  F.  T.  (editor).  Chil- 
dren's Treasury  of  English 
Song 24 

Parkman,  F.     Jesuits  in  North 

America 40 

Parton,  James.  Captains  of  In- 
dustry   39 

Patmore,  C.  Children's  Garland.  24 

Pendleton,    L.     King   Tom  and 

the  Runaways 64 

Pierson,  H.  W.     History  of  the 

United  States 32 

Lives  of  the  Presidents  (in 
words  of  one  syllable) 32 

Pliny  for  Boys  and  Girls.    Edited 

by  J.  S.  White ,  52 


PAGE 

Plutarch    for    Boys    and  Girls. 

Edited  by  J.  S.  White ....  37 

Plutarch's  Lives.     Translated  by 

A.  H.  Clough 33 

Pope,  Alex.     Essay  on  Man 30 

Porter,  Jane.     Scottish  Chiefs, .   66 
Thaddeus  of  Warsaw 67 

Portraits  and  Biographical 
Sketches  of  Twenty  Amer- 
ican Authors 39 

Pratt,    M.     L.      Fairy-Land   of 

Flowers 48  A 

Procter,  A.  A.     Poems 26        Jd- 

Proctor,  R.  ■H>^ight  Science  for  //' 

Leisure  Hours 56 

Putnam,  G.  H,  (editor).  Repre- 
sentative Essays   30 

Pyle,  H.     Men  of  Iron . .  65 

Merry  Adventures  of  Robin 

Hood 73 

Otto  of  the  Silver  Hand. . .  f5 
Wonder  Clock  79 

Reid,    Capt.  M.     Afloat  ir»  the 

Forest 61 

Boy  Hunters 69 

Reynard     the     Fox     (in  words 

of  one  syllable) 57 

Richards,  Laura  E.     Four  Feet, 

Two  Feet,  and  No  Feet..  48 

Joyous  Story  of  Toto 59 

Toto's  Merry  Winter 60 

Richardson,  A.  S.     Stories  from 

Old  English  Poetry 23 

Rideing,  W.  H.  Boys  Coast- 
wise   42 

Boys  in  the  Mountains,  etc.  40 
Roche,  J.  G.     Story  of  the  Fili- 
busters   40 

Roe,  E.  P.     Home  Acre   54 

Rolfe,   W.    J.       Fairy  Tales  in 

Prose  and  Verse 80 

Tales  of  Chivalry  . . , o6 

Tales  from  English  History  36 
Tales  from  Scottish  History  36 
Ruskin,    John.     Ethics   of    the 

Dust 55 

King  of  the  Golden  River. .  'J 9 

Selections   from 27 

Russell,   W.  C.     Dampier 37 

Sadlier,  a.    Heroes  of  History 

(in  words  of  one  syllable)  32 

St.   Francis    of     AssisL,     Little 

Flowers  of 28 


INDEX  TO  AUTHORS 


93 


PAGE 

St.  Pierre,  J.    H.   B.  de.     Paul 

and  Virginia 73 

Saintine,  Xavier  B.     Picciola. . .  73 

Sauzay,  A.     Wonders  of  Glass- 
making  55 

Schwatka,    F.     Children  of  the 

Cold 41 

Nimrod  in  the  North 45 

Scott,  Sir  Walter.     Guy  Manner- 

mg 72 

Ivanhoe 63 

Kenil worth 76 

Lady  of  the  Lake 25 

Lay  of  the  Last  Minstrel ...  23 

Marmion 26 

Old  Mortality 73 

Quentin  Durward 73 

Rob  Roy 76 

Tales  of  a  Grandfather 37 

Talisman 68 

Waverley 77 

Scudder,  H.     Bodleys  Afoot  ...  42 

Bodleys  on  Wheels 43 

Book  of  Folk  Stories 78 

Boston  Town 34 

George  Washington 38 

Viking  Bodley 48 

(editor).      The     Children's 
Book 81 

Seawell,  M.  E.     Little  Jarvis .. .   64 
Midshipman  Paulding 65 

Sewell,  Anna.     Black  Beauty  . .  50 

Shakespeare.     Hamlet 25 

Julius  Caesar 25 

Macbeth 26 

Merchant  of  Venice 26 

Shaler,  N.  S.    First  Book  in  Ge- 
ology   .53 

Shaw.  F.  L.     Castle  Blair 61 

Shumway,    E.   S.     Day  in    An- 
cient Rome 47 

Smith,  Mrs.  L.  T.     Daddy's  Boy  58 
Deb  and  the  Duchess 58 

Sophocles.     Antigone 29 

Stables,  G.     Wild  Adventures  in 

Wild  Places 44 

Stanley,  H.  M.     My  Kalulu. . . .  72 

Stevenson,    R     L.      A    Child's 

Garden  of  Verses 21 

Kidnapped 64 

Treasure  Island    68 

Stevenson,  S.  H.    Boys  and  Girls 

in  Biology 50 

Stockton,  F.  R.  Personally  Con- 
ducted   43 


PAGE 

Stockton,  F.  R.    Rudder  Grange  77 

Ting- a -Ling  Tales «L 

Stoddard,  William  O.     Crowded 

Out  o"  Crotield 62 

Dab  Kiiizer 62 

The  Quartet 69 

Little  Smoke (',4 

Story  of  Colette,  The 77 

Stowe,  H.  B.  Uncle  Tom's  Cabin  75 

Swift,  J.     Gulliver's  Travels. . .   62 

The  same  in  words  of  one 

syllable 57 

Swinton,     William.       Book    of 

Tales 78 

Taylor,  J.  E.    Playtime  Natur- 
alist ...  54 
Tennyson,  A."  *  The  Holy  Grail!  81 

in  Memoriam 30 

Tennyson,  for  Young  People...   28 
Thackeray,     William    M.     Rose 

and  the  Ring 81 

Roundabout  Papers 27 

Thanet,  O.     We  All 71 

Thompson,  M.     Boys'  Book  of 

Sport 85 

Todd,  C.  B.     Story  of  the  City 

of  New  York 38 

Trowbridge,  J.  T.    Cudjo's  Cave  62 
Tucker,    Mr-s.     C.     (A.L.O.E.). 

Fairy  Frisket 48 


Van  Alckmer,  H.    Rejoiard  the 

Fox 57 

Verne,      Jules.       Around      the 

World  in  Eighty  Days 71 

Dick  Sands 12 

Floating  City 71 

From    the    Earth    to    the 

Moon 72 

Giant  Raft 74 

Hector  Servadao  72 

Journey   to    the  Centre  of 

the  Earth 71 

Michael  Strogoff 72 

Mysterious  Island 74 

Steam  House 74 

Twenty  Thousand  Leagues 

Under  the  Sea 75 

Famous  Travels  and  Travel- 
lers     ...  46 

Great     Navigators    of    the 
Eighteenth  Century 46 


94 


INDEX  TO  AUTHORS 


PAGE 

Verne,  Jules,  Great  Explorers 
of  the  Nineteenth  Cen- 
tury   46 

Viardot,  L.  Wonders  of  Euro- 
pean Art 55 

Wonders  of  Italian  Art 55 

Wonders  of  Sculpture 55 

Wallace,  Lew.     Ben  Hur 76 

Warner,     A.    B.     Three    Little 

Spades 49 

Warner,  C.  D.     Being  a  Boy 22 

In  the  Wilderness 47 

Washington,   George.     Rules  of 

Conduct 34 

Webster,    Daniel.     Bunker  Hill 

Orations 35 

Wesselhoeft,  L.  F.     Sparrow  the 

Tramp 60 

What  Shall  we  Talk  About  ....  50 
White,  G.     Natural  History   of 

Selborne 54 

Whittier,  J.   G.  (editor).     Child 

Life  in  Poetry    22 


PAGE 

Whittier,  J.  G.     Child   Life   in 

Prose 22 

Wiggin,  K.  D.  Birds'  Christ- 
mas Carol 60 

Wilson,    G.     Five   Gateways  of 

Knowledge 54 

Winter,  W.  Shakespeare's  Eng- 
land     31 

Wood,    J.  G.     Popular   Natu'-al 

History 52 

Woolsey,  S.  C.   (Susan  Coolidge) 

Cross  Patch 58 

Nine  Little  Goslings 59 

Wordsworth    for     the     Young. 

Edited  by  C.  M.  St.  John  28 

Wright,  H.  C.  Children's 
Stories  of  American  Prog- 
ress    39 

Children's  Stories  in    Eng- 
lish Literature 24 

Wyss,  J.  R.  Swiss  Family  Rob- 
inson   , ,  ...  66 

The  same  in  words  of  one 
syllable 57 


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